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....
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 pinnacles, because this trip has been full of amazing encounters and experiences. Flush with them. It's been invigorating and exhausting and thrilling and inspiring. Tonight was a....
Interfaith Prayer for Crossing Borders
I delivered this prayer was offered as part of daily chapel held today at....