Parker Palmer

World-renowned writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change;  Founder of the Center For Courage and Renewal

Let Your Life Speak

Our vocation does not come from willfulness, no matter how noble our intentions, but rather, comes from listening to and accepting our unique blend of gifts and limitations. “Vocation is that place where our deep gladness meets the world’s great need.  In that intersection of gladness and need, we can find a vocation that is not only fulfilling, but also sustainable.”

A Hidden Wholeness

We arrive in this world as whole and undivided, and we spend the rest of our lives being pulled in every which way, to the point where many of us don’t know who it is that God intended us to be. "There is a resourcefulness in the human soul that rises up when the soul itself is being honored -- when you are not trying to fake out your own soul."