Bosque del Apache We call it Groundhog Day, Candlemas if we're Catholic or Imbolc if we're Druids. The festival begins on February 1 and...

What I Learned from Elephants The second morning I was in the Okavango Delta of Botswana I awoke before dawn to my tent shaking somewhat...

Anyone who is paying attention to the scientific news about climate change is bound to experience existential anxiety. Temperatures...

Yesterday a soft snow began falling in the midmorning and continued into the night. The desert earth soaked up the moisture and I...

Haiku is a poetic form from Japan that delights us with its brevity, seeming simplicity and elegance. In English we usually render haiku...

My teacher, Prem Rawat, has said that practicing is like taking shower. The subtle impurities of the day are washed away by the breath. ...

One of my earliest memories is of losing my mother in a grocery store. I am not sure how old I was, maybe three or four at the most. I...

This morning I was out in my garden looking at my first crocus blooms when I noticed something sparkling in the mulch near the gate. It...

On a recent frigid morning two monks walked to their sangha along a river and through woods, discussing morality and mindfulness. They...

This is the fifth and final installment in the story of my sister’s suicide. This last episode deals with what happened after her death...

For me the most haunting detail of the day my sister died is the security camera footage of her in a pawn shop in Shelbyville buying the...

I called my sister every day during the rest of the August and September before she died on October 6. She often wouldn’t pick up the...

My sister began her final journey toward suicide about six weeks before she died. However, the problems that culminated in her death...

My sister, Carlton, committed suicide two years ago last October. We are all still recovering from the shock and horror that...

Wade in the water, Wade in the water, Children, Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water... African American Spiritual We stand...

Atheism, the belief that there is no God, has become very popular these days as more thoughtful people opt out of religion and magical...

Sometimes, in spite of a regular mindfulness practice, we can find ourselves feeling out of sorts, grumpy or sad, without really taking...

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me...

In this story rivers bear huge beaver lodges and flotillas Of ducks. Fish teem under every snag and no one bothers them. In this story...

When we look at reality, how clean is our lens? How much is our view obstructed by the fog of concepts? All of us have beliefs that I...