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8Feb 2023

How Not to Be Afraid

By |Feb 8, 2023|Categories: Compassion, Events, News, Storytelling|Tags: |

Join us for an evening of storytelling and conversation with Irish writer Gareth Higgins, author of How Not to Be Afraid. Hosted by Mark Yaconelli. Sponsored by The Hearth, Peace House, and First Presbyterian Church of Ashland.

21Oct 2022

The Season of Frederick

By |Oct 21, 2022|Categories: Between The Listening and the Telling, Mark Yaconelli, News, Oregon, The Hearth|Tags: , , , , , , |

In Leo Lionni’s children’s book Frederick a family of mice prepare for winter. The mice work all summer to store seeds and nuts and straw while Frederick stares out at the meadow feeling the sunlight, taking in the colors. The mice family enters their hovel as snow begins to fall. Deep [...]

12Aug 2022

From The Jefferson Exchange on JPR: Ashland storyteller advocates telling stories for all, in a new book

By |Aug 12, 2022|Categories: Between The Listening and the Telling, Mark Yaconelli, News, Oregon, The Hearth|Tags: , , , , , , |

Listen to the Jefferson Exchange Interview Here Maybe an adult said this to you as a kid: "I don't want to hear your little story." Ouch. That attitude can be just as hurtful between adults, and there are lots of people in today's world who just don't want to [...]

28Jul 2022

New Book by Mark Yaconelli and Upcoming Events!

By |Jul 28, 2022|Categories: Between The Listening and the Telling, Mark Yaconelli, News, Oregon, The Hearth|Tags: , , , , , |

Hello wonderful Hearth community! I am so excited to announce the release of my new book Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us, with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott. This book is a labor of love that seeks to distill [...]