Everyone knows about the 7.0 earthquake that rocked Port-au-Prince Tuesday, Jan. 12. There are a lot of people who want to do something to help, and that’s good. If you have some real technical expertise (search and rescue, civil engineering, master...

Well, I celebrated another birthday this week. It was a terrific day, but still, none of us can run from reality. I have more family and job responsibility than ever before, not to mention gray hair! Don’t get me wrong, I think people tend to get...

“Everyone” is saying that we are supposed to call this year “Twenty Ten.” I heard it on NPR and on the local TV news, so I guess that settles it. It makes sense on some level. We called the years in the last century “nineteen” eighty this and...

Back in seminary, I took a course that allowed me to delve deeply into Zen Buddhism. One of the first questions that I and many people have asked is simply, “What is Zen?” I got all kinds of fascinating answers from my professor and the books we read....