Who is the perpetrator? We are quick to name the perpetrator when violence erupts. We point to the one who held the weapon, who pulled the trigger, planned or implemented the attack, who committed the final, undeniable act. It feels clean. Contained. Reassuring. If they are the perpetrator, the rest of them, the rest of us, are not. But what if the perpetrator is not a single person? But is many people, the many who participated in influencing the act? What if the perpetrator is all the other...

Every year, Christmas arrives whether we are ready or not. It comes wrapped in habit — the same food, the same conversations, the same rush to the finish line of the year. It’s familiar. Comforting. And sometimes, if we’re honest, a little automatic. Let’s do something different this Christmas. Let’s call it Thismas . Thismas is a chance to be intentional. Purposeful. Discerning. Not just a day we survive, but a day we step into. Thismas is about deciding — consciously — that this Christmas...

And why it’s time we need to stop pretending it is. Walk into almost any community forum, staff workshop, or “co-design session,” and you will see a familiar scene: clusters of people huddled around butcher’s paper, sticky notes piling up like confetti, scribbles scattered in every direction, a facilitator urging everyone to “get your ideas down quickly.” It looks active. It feels energetic. It photographs well. But is it meaningful engagement? Increasingly, the answer is no. This style of...