Archive - Ground Experience

The Gospel of Longfellow

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each... life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility"

Jul 30 •

Steven James Lawrence

February 2025

Will be Returning to Writing Soon

Life commitments have delayed my output, but I'm looking forward to returning.

Feb 20 •

Steven James Lawrence

November 2024

Wishing for a Conversation

Even if frustration is a part of it.

Nov 19, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

October 2024

How the term "Professor" for my night college students honors the institution of teaching and learning

Oct 29, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

August 2024

Thank you for supporting Ground Experience

A short note of gratitude to the readership

Aug 25, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

July 2024

All We Are • Dispatches from the Ground Experience

Personal reflections on contemporary social theories and how they disconnect us from ourselves and one another. Introduction & Table of Contents.

Jul 4, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

June 2024

The Wages of Disembodied Theory • Part 2

Challenging the Belief in a Pervasive Malevolent Force

Jun 27, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

May 2024

The Wages of Disembodied Theory • Part 1

Contemplative Writing in the Age of Ideology Evangelism

May 25, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

March 2024

Organic DEI: Empathy Beyond Ideological Hardness

Including others, embracing diversity, and seeking balance in a free-flowing way

Mar 28, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

The Impact of DEI on College Campuses

My testimony before Congress

Published on Journal of Free Black Thought • Mar 16, 2024

Carrying a Message Further • Part 8: Sacred Victims and Bridging Ideological Divides

From contempt to compassion: rethinking sacred victimhood in progressive discourse

Mar 12, 2024 •

Steven James Lawrence

No, I Have Not Discredited Peer Review.

Peer-review is as strong as the peers and their review methods

Published on The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain • Mar 10, 2024

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