A Nation Being Rebuilt: My Fortnight in Myanmar (poem)

To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the....


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. ....


Post-Colonial Dinner Theater: An Attempt to Restore Erased Dignity

It was supposed to be a pinnacle evening. I must say, a pinnacle among....


Interfaith Prayer for Crossing Borders

I delivered this prayer was offered as part of daily chapel held today at....


Visiting Pann Pyo Let: An Abundance of Abundance

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