Abundance Scooped from Abundance: Reflections on Myanmar

homily delivered today at First Parish Church of Groton There is a line from....


Burma Reds (poem)

Bricks from the 9th century onward, the shape of pagodas and....


Accursed Temple of Bagan

While in the stunning Bagan region of Myanmar, the ruins of a kingdom that....


Barefoot Amid Monkey Poop in Myanmar

On Facebook, I posted the following: 777 steps up Mt. Popa, 777 steps down,....


Climbing Bagan

For three days, we are in the Bagan region, which is like walking amid a ten....


Good Morning, Inle Lake

Still quite dark, I was awakened this morning by two competing prayers. As I....


Just Another Friday Evening: Shwedagon Pagoda

It must be the place to go on a Friday night. Old people. Young people. ....


Visiting Pann Pyo Let: An Abundance of Abundance

I am beyond exhausted and yet feel the desire and the duty to blog. Our days....


Trauma-Informed Meditation Protocol

During my upcoming trip to Burma, I will be leading daily meditation sessions....


Winter Walk

Desiccated bronze orphans, aligned along branches, rustling....