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Wanna-be Buddhist
I have heard people tell me that they don’t want to study Karate (or any martial art) because, they say, it’s not practical, or it’s too structured, too choreographed to be worthwhile. I’ve even heard...
View ArticleZen: why all the fuss?
I was sitting zazen the other day, and an image came to mind. Actually, it was more like a whole story, but it only lasted a second, I swear! :-) Anyway, I was thinking of a piano player who’d been...
View ArticleWhy are gurus so weird?
Did you ever wonder why you’ll run across a spiritual teacher who clearly has genuine insight, and then as you get to know them you’ll find attachments and judgements that are almost shocking? I don’t...
View ArticleChristian Zen is Full of Contradiction
In Christian Zen, author William Johnston relates this conversation he had with his Zen teacher. “I’m doing what you, I suppose, would call ‘gedo Zen.’” “Very good! Very good! Many Christians do that....
View ArticleA weekend retreat and workshop
When I’ve asked “but how do I love my neighbors—my enemies—as myself?” I’ve been told it’s not really possible; Jesus didn’t really mean that… I wasn’t convinced. You have probably heard by now that...
View ArticleNonviolence isn’t enough
Rachel Held Evans posted a beautiful blog today about how hard nonviolence is, and quoted Shane Claiborne: When we talk about peacemaking and the ‘third way of Jesus,’ people inevitably ask bizarre...
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