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...

I’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...

I 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...

I’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...

Let’s turn “practice makes perfect” on its head. Instead, practice, the art of exercising a skill repeatedly, may not lead to perfection...

Writing 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 in these painful times? Turn on the tv, read the news, listen to a podcast/radio talk show, canvass for a...

Has cancer touched your life? If so, you know it to be an unwelcome visitor that hijacks health, disrupts life, and demands attention....

"Hallelujah" by Mary Oliver Everyone should be born into this world happy and loving everything.But in truth it rarely works that

Spring is on my mind and new life is greening up. I’ve gardened for years reading up on deer resistant plants, delighting in early...

It’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...

I’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...

I love being a student. It invigorates and deepens my practice. This fall I studied adaptive yoga with Matthew Sanford at the Mind Body...

What is fundamental to our human nature? This question has many answers. Thupten Jinpa, author of A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be...

“Building a better world” is the theme of the summer reading program for the 39 libraries of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative. I...

“Yoga is skill in action.” Bhagavad Ghita What does this mean? For starters yoga is much more than striking a pose. Yoga offers tools for...

Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen offers healing insight as a physician, professor, author, and human being. I share this heart meditation with many of

We’re all feeling uneasy with the discord in our public life. I know I am. Yoga classes seem fuller as one indicator. Are folks just...

Bumper stickers grab your attention. With a picture or a pithy phrase they communicate instantly. YOU ARE YOUR WORDS says it all. This...

I just read a wonderful book about a father’s firsthand account of his young daughter Zoe's struggle with cancer. And I don’t think it’s...