Years ago as part of Lay Ordination I gave a “Way Seeking Mind” talk in which I recalled a longing for a deeper intimacy with the natural world around me: the rocks and trees of the mountains and forests that I loved. But it was the question of birth and death that...
On Thursday July 31, 2025 two members of my community were kidnapped by ICE immediately after attending their immigration hearings at the courthouse at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. Both were Episcopalian parishioners from Westchester, N.Y. churches. Both were...
Growing up in a Jewish family, I often wondered why more Germans didn’t resist Hitler’s rise to power. Living in America in 2025, I no longer have to wonder. The rise of authoritarianism with its minority of rabid supporters and its majority of the fearful, the...
These are the last days that we will share with Joanna Macy, as the beloved Buddhist scholar and founder of The Work That Reconnects spends her remaining time in hospice care with her friends and family. Death comes for us all, of course. My Buddhist perspective on...
The greatest weapon authoritarians have at their disposal is their ability to demoralize the resistance by making its members feel isolated and powerless. When people feel alone and defenseless, they follow Aesop’s advice that it’s better to bend than to break; better...
