Taking Jukai in the Zen Tradition
An account of taking the Zen Buddhist precepts with photographs and an essay published in the Toshoji Monastery journal.
Bearing Witness to Racism in America, a Journey of Contemplative History in Alabama
An inter-faith expedition through American racial history and the Black experience.
2025 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute
This year’s retreat focused on education, and how mindfulness, compassion, and connection can nourish the whole human.
Next chapter: a year at the Harvard Kennedy School
Preparing for a Master’s in Public Administration – what a time for it!
The Inner Development Goals Ambassador Training
Reflections on a fascinating experiment in inner/outer change movements.
A year of Green Business School
A (pretty long) writeup of my year in the Bard MBA in Sustainable Business program.
A Native American Bearing Witness Retreat with the Zen Peacemaker Order
Reflections (and portraits) from a week in the Big Horn Mountains.
Open Letter to Bushburg Properties
An open letter to an NYC developer regarding the treatment of their tenants, including me.