About Words over Swords
We are immersed daily in media and political environments awash in hatred, intolerance, and cruelty. This project, launched March 1, 2025 and centered around the concept of Leading with Love, represents my contribution to an alternate narrative, one rooted in empathy, compassion, collaboration, and understanding.
Words over Swords is more than just a simple blog, though. It’s a growing community of caring people dedicated to transformative change.
You can better understand my intentions for this project and read my inaugural essay, “The World Needs a Love Revolution,” here. My goal is to publish a new essay every Sunday, with occasional shorter posts published mid-week.
Learn about my plans for developing an online Community of Giving on my “Giving Tzedakah” page.
About the Author
Social worker and social work educator. Concerned citizen. Gen-Xer. Recovering perfectionist. Husband. Dog and cat dad. Student of life.
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UPDATE: After just 3 weeks on Substack, I barely use any of those other social media sites anymore.
The Substack community is a much more positive, healthier space in which to exist. The people on Substack make me think. They make me feel. Real feelings, not the engineered hate and manipulated rage endemic to other social media platforms.
This is where I prefer to spend my time. With you all: the thinkers, the dreamers, the advocates, the risk-takers, the people who care, the people who love (yeah, I said it). I want to spend my time online with the people who are committed to making a positive difference in the world. My readers matter to me; I hope I matter to you.
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