Power: Alive in the Roots of the Very Nature of Things

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“The God whom I know dwells quietly in the root system of the very nature of things.” — Parker J. Palmer

It is 2002. I’m sitting on a bench, just outside the Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley that sits directly across from the Claremont Resort. It is a beautiful spot in the world. I’m just out of school, still finding myself unwinding from three intense years of school. Having…