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February 2016

February 29, 2016
I hear her cackle first thing in the morning. I come in at 6:30 am...
February 18, 2016
In 2011 I was ordained in the Celtic Buddhist lineage. The lineage, much like the...

January 2016

January 26, 2016
“I don’t like you anymore,” she says, her lip quivering. “You’re not my daddy.” I...
January 05, 2016
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Engaging the New...

December 2015

December 02, 2015
She is blind. She is this little old nun I have come to know from...

November 2015

November 30, 2015
“BELLY BUTTON!” My daughter stands on the ottoman, shirt pulled up over her head and...
November 24, 2015
My childhood, like many others, was not filled with dreams of content and solace. Instead...

October 2015

October 25, 2015
As a Buddhist, it is usually shocking for people to hear or see me criticize something...
October 12, 2015
The weather is perfect. It’s one of those days where everything seems just right—the temperature,...
October 07, 2015
Meh eh IDK ? whatever Having a conversation with a teenage girl is like having...

September 2015

September 27, 2015
They climb in the car and slowly back out of their driveway. Brynn and I...
September 14, 2015
There is no reason to be alive if you cannot do the deadlift. -Jon Pall...
September 10, 2015
Brynn holds up the picture in front of her, it’s caption reads, “Brynn’s first day...

August 2015

August 25, 2015
“Daaaaaaddy!” It’s 2.a.m and her crying rouses me from  much needed sleep. I rush up...
August 20, 2015
The rain hits the concrete steps outside the door with a soft rhythmic pattern. It...
August 14, 2015
Post Traumatic Church Syndrome...hmmm, this sounds vaguely familiar to be honest. I took the book...
August 04, 2015
The ultimate truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words, they are not the way. Bodhidharma...

July 2015

July 27, 2015
As Brynn and I trudged through the metroparks today, I became enraptured within the welcoming...
July 23, 2015
Tenalach (Irish): A word used in the hills and mountains in the west of Ireland....
July 18, 2015
A small child cries as his mother yells, inches away from his small face, her...
July 08, 2015
“When do you find time for your spiritual practice?” I hear this all the time....

June 2015

June 30, 2015
I have often thought of giving up my priesthood. Not because I want to drink...
June 24, 2015
Cottonwood puffs float over the lawn like tumbleweeds. The sun is beginning its descent and...
June 18, 2015
My fingers bit into the carpet as my body tensed. “I can’t breathe!” Panic started...
June 10, 2015
What is the future of Buddhism in America? Does Buddhism even have a future as...
June 03, 2015
I open the text app on my phone and gingerly type out a message to...

May 2015

May 31, 2015
Ten years as a bouncer in downtown nightclubs exposed me to all kinds of human…vice....
May 24, 2015
  Anyone familiar with Mahayana Buddhism, is probably also familiar with the idea of the...
May 20, 2015
  I watch the rain come down slowly, like wet gossamer sheets. Rain drops kiss...
May 12, 2015
Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of...
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