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Margo McLoughlin

Margo McLoughlin is a writer, storyteller and teacher. As a consultant with the Fetzer Institute's Generosity of Spirit project, Margo has been gathering world tales of generosity and using them to build community and spark dialogue and discussion in a variety of settings, from Mississippi to Kalamazoo.

Articles

The Gift of Metaphor
Generosity
Margo McLoughlin
Dec 15th, 2009
With our thoughts, we make the world...
The Case of the Reappearing Garbage
Generosity
Margo McLoughlin
Nov 19th, 2009
During the five-week civic workers' strike in Toronto this summer, my friend Mohan came home to an unwelcome gift. While he was away someone had deposited a large bag of garbage on his front lawn...
Caribou
Generosity
Margo McLoughlin
Oct 21st, 2009
En route to Jackson, Mississippi, I began a conversation with the man sitting next to me. I had noticed he was reading a gun magazine when the flight left Seattle. “A hunter,” I said to myself,...
A Slow Leak
Generosity
Margo McLoughlin
Oct 5th, 2009
Contributing one small piece to someone else's puzzle becomes a source of contentment in and of itself.
New shoes
Generosity
Margo McLoughlin
Sep 13th, 2009
A new pair of running shoes has come into my life. I phrase it like this, instead of “I bought a new pair of shoes,” because, as I am beginning to see, the shoes had a history before they came to me...
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