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Featured Work
Sugar & Snow Meditation
Solar Flame Meditation
Laying Down the Weapons ‘Round Our Hearts’
My Most Recent Work
- The 42nd Beethoven LetterThe 42nd Beethoven Letter Dear Friends, Thank you for your continued support. You make it possible for me to keep going. I spent my early… Read more: The 42nd Beethoven Letter
- 2026 CalendarFeb 23 Lecture & Readings for Contextual Ministry Earlham School of Religion via ZOOM Adjunct instructor Mark Condo June 6 “Tending the Fire of Sacred… Read more: 2026 Calendar
- The Seed Podcast: John Calvi and “The Ones Who Aren’t Here” SongJohn was a guest on season six of The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope, a podcast from Pendle Hill hosted by Dwight Dunston. Excerpt from… Read more: The Seed Podcast: John Calvi and “The Ones Who Aren’t Here” Song
- The Seed Podcast: John Calvi on Trauma, Justice, and Radical LoveJohn was a guest on season six of The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope, a podcast from Pendle Hill hosted by Dwight Dunston. Excerpt from… Read more: The Seed Podcast: John Calvi on Trauma, Justice, and Radical Love
- Year-End Letter 2025Dear Friends, I had a small miracle occur the end of summer. I got well. After complaining to doctors about increasingly endless fatigue and shortness… Read more: Year-End Letter 2025
- Sugar & Snow Meditation