When we can't move onI recently listened to On Being’s podcast host Krista Tippet and family therapist and author Pauline Boss discuss ambiguous loss, an idea...
Here you are. I am here.The Natal people of South Africa greet each other saying, “sawubona”, here you are, to which the response is “sikona”, I am here. What a...
Shifting from shallow to deepBefore COVID-19 put an entirely new spin on things, I was reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, a Georgetown computer science...
Coming up for airOne of the joys of yoga is learning how to breathe – bringing awareness and ease to something you’ve been doing all your life. The breath...
Ready to tinker with your expectations?What if I told you that your brain is largely in the prediction business? And your capacity to tinker creatively with expectation will...
It only takes a smileI am often struck by how good a smile feels. Connection, warmth, a little lift to my spirits. Who started this exchange? Did I smile...
What makes a habit stick?As we begin a new decade, I’d like to plug cultivating the reading habit. Put down your phone. Pick up a book or a magazine. Focus. We...
Containing the EgoIf I were to pick one personal challenge I return to daily it would be containing the ego. As a yoga teacher I often caution my students...
Wake up!The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who...
Bearing witness on the Southern borderI’ve returned from a church mission trip to McAllen, Texas. My heart is heavy. Here’s what I saw and heard: Families camped out in the...
Only kindness makes senseI walked into a coffee shop to kill time and write a blog on kindness. And what do I experience immediately but a nice, young man...
Meditation for the rest of usI’ve returned from a brief experience of monastic life and realize it’s not for me. It came as a surprise. I expected to step into the...
Maybe practice doesn't make perfectLet’s turn “practice makes perfect” on its head. Instead, practice, the art of exercising a skill repeatedly, may not lead to perfection...
Seeking wonder and stillnessWriting and sending a blog on wonder, stillness, and play in December was my plan. I had led a workshop at St. Stephen’s Episcopal. We...
How do we live gratefully?How do we live gratefully in these painful times? Turn on the tv, read the news, listen to a podcast/radio talk show, canvass for a...
Have you been touched by cancer?Has cancer touched your life? If so, you know it to be an unwelcome visitor that hijacks health, disrupts life, and demands attention....
Clamoring toward happiness"Hallelujah" by Mary Oliver Everyone should be born into this world happy and loving everything.But in truth it rarely works that
The importance of guidesSpring is on my mind and new life is greening up. I’ve gardened for years reading up on deer resistant plants, delighting in early...
Easy gets a bad rapIt’s fair to say we look down on easy. Easy often connotes inferior, lacking effort, not worth it. It’s also true that things that come...
Blessing life in 2018I’ve always had a mixed reaction to this idea of blessing. Largely I reject the premise that God blesses some and not others. So when...