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Birgitta Schomaker's Blog – October 2017 Archive (2)
"I'll meet you there"
As we are preparing our SALT visit, and exchanging inspiration on the Forum of the online SALT facilitator course, this poem came to mind:
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase "each other" doesn't make any sense."…
Added by Birgitta Schomaker on October 26, 2017 at 5:28pm — 4 Comments
Syrian families are forming a support network
Building a future together in a new country (click to access presentation)
Click on the link to view slides from one of the initiatives with refugees that started this summer in the Netherlands. …
ContinueAdded by Birgitta Schomaker on October 10, 2017 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments
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