March Meditation, 2019Sarah-Jane Menato, Peri, and I recently lead a workshop for 17 and 18 year olds enrolled at the United World College in Wales. They are...
February Meditation, 2019Whatever else can be said about Thomas Merton, and much has been said, one thing is certain: he was a monk who loved trees: "One might...
January Meditation, 2019Mary Oliver September 10, 1935 - January 17, 2019 In honor of those whose lives have been dedicated to opening the doors of deep...
December Meditation, 2018Nurse Log in the Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park. These nurse logs take the same number of years to decay as they did to mature....
November Meditation, 2018This is the week of Thanksgiving in the United States ~ anoccasion that was originally about deep gratitude for the bounty of the earth...
October Meditation, 2018Like many other aspects of this world that people are putting a stake in the ground to reclaim, I am heartened to see that silence is...
September Meditation, 2018I recently had the privilege of a retreat with some of the most innovative, motivated and motivating activists that I have met. …a...
August Meditation, 2018Our monthly practice of silence often inspires friends to send us articles, poems, videos and personal reflections from around the world....
July Meditation, 2018In the world of noise and busyness, there are people and places that cultivate a deep experience of silence and solitude. This confluence...
June Meditation, 2018It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at...
May Meditation, 2018The morning was still here in New England – the wind quiet for a moment. At these times, my attention is called into the Present...