Mark Dunwoody | Can You See A future here? Hi, I hope you had a nice weekend. Imagine being twenty-four. You are working hard, doing what is expected of you and trying to find your place in the world. But when you look ahead, you see no clear pathway and…

Mark Dunwoody | The Second Arrival Hi, I hope you had a nice weekend. When we moved to the Netherlands in 2003, a wise man said something I have never forgotten: whenever we move somewhere new, there are really two arrivals. At the time, I thought I…

Mark Dunwoody | You Never Really Know What Lasts Hi, I hope you had a nice weekend. Many years ago, when I was a young youth worker, I took a small group of teenagers away for a weekend in Donegal. I was coming towards the end of my youth work diploma and, in…

, I hope you had a nice weekend. Yesterday I was talking with a fella who works as the resident DJ in a hotel. He was telling me about the previous evening, when the hotel had been quiet, the atmosphere was flat, and nobody seemed interested in dancing.…

, I hope you’ve had a nice start to your week. Earlier this summer, I found myself driving through the beautiful Indiana countryside, surrounded by fields of corn standing nearly three metres high. I’m still a little in awe whenever I drive through vast…

Mark Dunwoody | The Glass Didn’t Break Hi, I hope you’ve had a nice weekend. The other day I dropped a glass into the kitchen sink, and there was that split second when I knew exactly what was coming next: the crash, the broken glass and the slight annoyance…

Mark Dunwoody | Perhaps Something Is Happening Hi, I hope you’ve had a nice weekend. Yesterday I spent some time walking around Belfast during the Fleadh, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Irish music and culture, and the city was absolutely alive.…

Mark Dunwoody | Every Future Is Imagined Twice The day a hot air balloon landed in a French field, and people attacked it… Hi friends, I hope you’re having a nice week. Hi friends, Can I ask you a question? Do you remember lying on the grass on a warm…

Mark Dunwoody | Welcome In Hi friends, I hope you have had a nice week. One of the things I’ve loved during my time in the southern United States this summer is a simple phrase. “Welcome in.” You hear it everywhere. Not just hello. Welcome in. It struck me…

Mark Dunwoody | The Work Nobody Sees… Hi friends, I hope you had a nice weekend. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of summer is that it gives us permission to slow down. In the quiet, we often discover that the deepest work is not around us but within us. A…