Years ago I saw an acupuncturist who, while sitting with me post-treatment to review her recommendations for an herbal medicine regimen along with diet,...
An emerging co-operative development project in L.A.'s Crenshaw neighborhood is boldly challenging the model of urban development by asserting their vision for a co-operatively...
It is often the habit of organizational professionals who interface with communities to do "to" or "for" local residents. However, when such staff step...
Birju Pandya is East Coast Coordinator for ServiceSpace and a frequent contributor to its websites.
A quote Birju lives by: "We can do no great things, only small things with great love." - Mother Teresa
His inspiration to serve: More reasons than I can share. One that sticks out now is that service, when done with a pure heart, is outer meditation.
We tend to think of capacities such as kindness as individual traits, John and Peter say in The Abundant Community, but kindness can also be thought of as a communal trait. In the case of individual kindness, we might say,...