Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash [Part of a series, this essay looks at some ways people make money in the context of Healing America’s Narratives: the Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow — Now available] What could possibly go wrong when the tools and systems of war, violence, injury, medical services, death, and corpse disposal are profit-driven? Reminder:Continue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Injuring, Killing, Curing, & Corpse Disposal — for Profit”
Author Archives: Reggie Marra
Healing America’s Narratives: What’s Love Got to Do With It? Part 2
[Part of our ongoing exploration of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay continues our exploration of Chapter Twelve’s inquiry into the role of love — and its lack — in American culture. The book is available here.] In Part 1 of this inquiry into love, we introduced Br. David Steindl-Rast’s, Dr.Continue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: What’s Love Got to Do With It? Part 2”
Healing America’s Narratives: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
[Part of our ongoing exploration of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay explores Chapter Twelve’s inquiry into the role of love — and its lack — in American culture. The book is available here.] Regarding the subtitle’s question, the answer is, well, just about everything. Over the course ofContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Healing America’s Narratives: The Race for Violence — 2023
Photo © by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash [Part of a series, this essay looks at some current events in the context of Healing America’s Narratives: the Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow — Now available] The context of each of these “Healing America’s Narratives” posts is the collective national Shadow of the United States, as explored in detail in the book by that name. Briefly,Continue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: The Race for Violence — 2023”
Healing America’s Narratives: Thank You, Tennessee
Photo (c) by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash [Part of our ongoing exploration of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay focuses on a school shooting in Nashville and related events in the Tennessee State Legislature that highlight our need for healing. The book is available here.] On March 27, 2023 a man with aContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Thank You, Tennessee”
Healing America’s Narratives: Unequal Protection of the Laws
Photo © by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash [Part of our ongoing exploration of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay focuses on Chapter 10 and the role that money and celebrity play in subverting the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection” clause. The book is available here.] Donald Trump turned himself in toContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Unequal Protection of the Laws”
Healing America’s Narratives: Guns, Money, & Violence
[Part of our ongoing exploration Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay focuses on the roles violence and greed play in our collective Shadow. The book is available here.] The underlying premise in Healing America’s Narratives is that the United States we know in the third decade of the 21st century isContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Guns, Money, & Violence”
Healing America’s Narratives: Assumption, Fear, and Resistance to Change
Photo © by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash [Part of our ongoing exploration of Chapter Eleven of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, this essay explores why it often feels like we’re immune to change. The book is available here.] We know that change can be unsettling, even scary, whether it’s exterior change imposedContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Assumption, Fear, and Resistance to Change”
Healing America’s Narratives: Moving Toward Collective Healing
[Part of a series, this essay continues our turn toward the collective in our ongoing exploration of Chapter Eleven of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow.Now available.] In the previous essay, we introduced M. Scott Peck’s stages of community-making: pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness, and community. Here, as we continue our turn toward the collective, we’llContinue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Moving Toward Collective Healing”
Healing America’s Narratives: Moving Toward Community
Photo © by Rita Vicari on Unsplash [Part of a series, this essay turns toward the collective as we continue our exploration of Chapter Eleven of Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow.Now available.] As we continue to explore America’s narratives and collective Shadow, it’s essential to remember and pay attention to the interrelationships among individuals, groups,Continue reading “Healing America’s Narratives: Moving Toward Community”
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