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January 9, 2018

My TEDx talk

Hi friends, My TEDx talk has just been released, and I’m happy that I can finally share it with folks who weren’t there. Check it out, and let me know what you think…

March 17, 2017

In the news: Songwriter and writer David LaMotte to speak at Longwood, March 28

The full article is available here… March 17, 2017 Songwriter, author and peace activist David LaMotte will speak Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Longwood University’s Wygal Auditorium on “Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness.” The title of LaMotte’s talk is drawn from his most recent book, which is being used as a […]

October 14, 2016

Home from Alaska, my 50th state

On Monday night I returned to North Carolina from a ten-day run of events in California and Alaska. It was a wonderful trip, and even had some downtime in it, which is not always the case in my crazy schedule.   It also marked my fiftieth state to perform in professionally. Having offered concerts in Anchorage […]

November 19, 2015

Two upcoming retreats — rest, renewal, discernment and community

“David LaMotte is a very good partner in this important work both for our world and for the human soul.” — Richard Rohr, author of The Naked Now, and Falling Upward David has two retreats on the calendar for the Spring—a weekend retreat in Little Rock in March, and an eight-day retreat with Gareth Higgins in […]

October 20, 2015

With a little help from my friends…

I’m feeling the need to pinch myself from time to time these days. Music has given me so many gifts, and some of the best ones involve relationships. The truth is that it’s pretty cool to hang out with people I like and admire, and kind of mind blowing when they are also great, and […]

June 11, 2015

Eight places left at my retreat — want to come?

I have been invited by others to lead retreats and conferences in many states and on several continents for many years, but I have never before designed my own event so that I can give people who come for the weekend the richest and most wonderful experience I can come up with. Until now. This […]

October 11, 2014

Free Live Webcast of release party!

Here’s great last-minute news! For those of you who can’t join us in person on Oct. 12, 2014 at the White Horse, Black Mountain, to celebrate the release of my new book, Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness, we will now be live streaming the event via ConcertWindow.com. I’ll be playing a few songs […]

May 2, 2014

Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness

As I write this, we are over half way through a Kickstarter campaign for my new book, arriving in August (assuming the Kickstarter effort works!). The book is called Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness. It takes a look at some of the stories we tell about how change happens and how it doesn’t, and how […]

January 28, 2014

What I Learned From Pete Seeger

It’s late Monday night and I’m staying up by the wood stove trying to catch up on some work. Or at least I was. My plans for the night just changed. A few minutes ago I received a note from my friend Laura saying that Pete Seeger left us about an hour ago. Apparently the […]

January 13, 2014

How It Happens (coming to your town)

My life has changed quite radically in the last five years, beginning with my son Mason’s birth, then moving to Australia to study as a Rotary World Peace Fellow, doing field work in India, working for the NC Council of Churches, beginning work on the AFSC’s Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Task Group, publishing one book (White […]