1. Loving-Kindness Susan Kaiser Greenland leads us through metta meditation, showing how simple phrases of goodwill can dissolve fear and open the heart to connection. Buddhist tradition tells of a time, centuries before the common era, when five hundred monks set out...

“The wound is where the light enters you.” ~Rumi “I can’t do anything right. There’s something wrong with me.” My daughter said these words quietly, almost as if she didn’t want me to hear them. But I did. And the moment I did, something in my chest cracked open. I...

I arrived in Minneapolis at 10 p.m. I live in Madison, Wisconsin these days, but I grew up here. My mom lives here. My 20-year-old son is a student at the University of Minnesota, where I was an undergraduate, as were my father and my grandfather. I have deep roots in...

The sky stretched wide and bright above the golden cottonwoods of October. Nestled in the ancient Sangre de Cristo Mountains, I felt myself as much a part of the earth as the ravens, spotted towhees, and pinyon jays, as well as the flora—juniper, piñon, and...

In Vigil, the character Jill lingers in the space after death, watching over a dying man. What were the influences that shaped the novel’s conception? A lifelong obsession with death, mortality, and accountability. I was a zealous Catholic kid when growing up in...

When we bring our mindfulness to bear on what we call “hunger,” we discover it isn’t just one thing. Hunger is made up of many different kinds of signals that arise from our senses, thoughts, and emotions. It’s a mix of experiences stemming from having a human body,...