Derek Evans is an accredited member of the Writers' Union of Canada. He is the author of numerous works on human rights, international relations, spirituality and ethics.

Books
Creator Glimpsed Serving Tea
Dispatches From the Global Village ~ Before The War

Here is the title poem.

"Most of us, most of the time, seem to rush through our lives in a blur of plans and preoccupations, of schedules and fears. We press our way and spend our time in weighty chunks – of months and years, of decades and careers. Every now and then something may happen that allows us to step outside of our usual patterns, and to notice for a fleeting moment the power and beauty of the ordinary. For me, that rare moment tends to arrive when I am a traveler, when I am forced to scramble and grapple for perspective, when I am challenged to find a sense of being at home though surrounded by different lives in a distant place. Or just around the corner."

Thus begins Creator Glimpsed Serving Tea by Derek Evans, the second chapbook in the series from the Okanagan Institute.

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A selection from "Dispatches", as featured in the Winter 2007-08 edition of BC BookWorld, is available here (PDF).

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"People who read this book discerningly - in our case it was as a group of faculty, staff and students at the University of Calgary - will find universal spiritual meaning presented here. Any person of religion, or none, could grow spiritually as a result of reading this book." Wayne Holst, Colleagues' List

"It's difficult to select any one of the 38 chapters as better than another. Each is a gem. ... If you asked me to name a sole companion on a desert island, my first choice would be Derek Evans." Lorraine Williams Contributing Editor Catholic Register

"Dispatches From the Global Village is an invitation to sit for a while with stories from a great peacemaker. If you accept this invitation, prepare to be informed, shocked and inspired. This powerful book will change how you imagine how the world is, and how the world can be." Carolyn Pogue author of After the Beginning and Seasons of Peace

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Available on-line from the publisher www.woodlakebooks.com
or from the Mustardseed Bookstore www.bookmanager.com/naramat

"… drawing from his unique personal experience, Evans seeks a renewed basis for community engagement, individual commitment, and spiritual integrity. I really trust the windows that Derek opens for me on the realities of our world." Tim Scorer editor Copperhouse Current

"… a highly readable, informative and inspiring little book. Derek Evans' great sensitivity and intelligence provides a practical book that I have already recommended to many friends and colleagues no matter what their religious or political convictions." Larry Fisk Professor Emeritus, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Calgary.

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Articles
Recent articles by Derek Evans published in other books and journals include:

• "Human Rights and State Fragility PDF: Conceptual Foundations and Strategic Directions for State-Building" prepared for Human Rights & Democratization – Development Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Denmark. Abridged version in Oxford Journal of Human Rights Practice, vol 1:2, pp. 181-207.
   
• "Human Rights PDF: Four Generations of Practice and Development" by Derek G. Evans. Abdi, A and L. Shultz, eds., Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007)

• "Facing the Challenge PDF: Toward a Credible and Authentic Inter-Faith Dialogue". Copperhouse Current (Edition 1.07, September 2006).
   
• "On Dialogue and Reconciliation". Women's Concerns (Issue 3, 2005).
• "Building Peace: Lessons from Sri Lanka". The Activist, October/November 2002.
• "Making a Difference". Chapter 1 in James Taylor, ed., In the Aftermath: What September 11 is Teaching Us. (Northstone, 2002).
• "Towards a Generosity of Relationships: Moving Forward in First Nations and Non-Native Community Relations". Convergence: Journal of the International Council for Adult Education, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (2001).

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