Sometimes your well-honed capacity for compassion gets exhaustively put to the test. The first reaction is to have a first reaction. Indignation smel...

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If our virtual identities were suddenly stripped away from us (by circumstances or by monastic choice), what would remain? This question materialized...

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“Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence.” That is one of many powerful and insightful statements in Chogyam Trungpa’s 1973 book, Cutting...

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Sometimes the phrases we casually toss around without fully thinking them through amuse me. An example is, “My spiritual life.” Popularly overheard u...

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A family on a neighboring street was among the many that experienced flooding in their homes this past weekend. I dropped by today to see how I could ...

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As a resident of the Greater Nashville Area, I’m in the fortunate position of being able to sit with my laptop and write a blog rather than sift throu...

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There is such joy and freedom in not taking yourself too seriously. Yet, it’s really hard to accomplish, the non-taking. Every message that penetrates...

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“When we are going to beeeee there?” my four-year-old, Olivia, asked us from the back seat today. My wife Jenna was the first to offer the reply. “We...

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