Our bodies are deeply miraculous. And, of course, deeply bound by a natural....
What is the Hokey Pokey All About?
When I was a social worker/home visitor and got paid for playing with toddlers,....
Abundance Scooped from Abundance: Reflections on Myanmar
homily delivered today at First Parish Church of Groton There is a line from an Anne Sexton poem. I have used it here and nearly everywhere I have been given the chance: Abundance scooped from abundance, yet abundance remains. Surely, that was my....
A Nation Being Rebuilt: My Fortnight in Myanmar (poem)
To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the....
Accursed Temple of Bagan
While in the stunning Bagan region of Myanmar, the ruins of a kingdom that exalted from the 9th to the 13th centuries, we visited Dhammayan Gyi Temple. Our guide described it as a temple that will not be restored because of its history. Why? you might....
Barefoot Amid Monkey Poop in Myanmar
On Facebook, I posted the following: 777 steps up Mt. Popa, 777 steps down,....
Good Morning, Inle Lake
Still quite dark, I was awakened this morning by two competing prayers. As I lay in bed in a room that is basically floating on a lake, not too far off in the direction of my right hand there was the persistent call of a rooster declaring (much too....
Entering Into Meditation
A few days ago we received an orientation to Burmese Vipassana meditation from....