As I was standing before a powerfully beautiful shrine in Tokyo I felt nothing. It was a hot, crowded Sunday morning. You would think that would make things worse. But suffering of any sort often helps me find a connection. I might think it’s simply because I’m from the west and I’m not tuned into […]

Honestly, I wish I wasn't writing this now. I have "more important" things to discuss with you than God right now. (Homelessness, Black Lives Matter and overall governmental and systemic torture and murder and oppression of people.) But if I don't jot these ideas down now they will fade from memory. And I'd like to […]