Video: Walking With Our Parents (A Tribute to the Survivors of Slavery)

  Walking With Our Ancestors is a collaborative film, created as a tribute to the survivors of slavery and to … More

A Crash Course in Aikido: Living a Healthy, Memorable Life with Martial Arts

Most of us don’t start thinking about health and longevity until an unexpected death occurs. Fortunately, we don’t have to … More

Getting It Wrong to Get Things Right

  Life has a way of giving us enough challenges to teach us to adapt quickly to situations by forcing … More

Why Should Black Lives Matter? by Ed Stewart

On my way home after church a few weeks ago, I stopped for a snack at the Arizmendi Bakery on … More

Making Peace with Gophers: How Personal Transformation Can Transform a Garden

    In May 2015 I went to a Mindfulness Meditation retreat in the tradition of Community of Mindful Living, … More

Learning to Age with Grace and Dignity

  Now that I’m older and more aware of the cycles of life, I see how critical it is to … More

The Business of Business: A “How-To” for Novice Entrepreneurs (Part 1)

    This year I started my own business. I had some time on my hands and a hobby, from … More

Crafting a Connection

  Spending time with my partner’s mother is important. We live far away from each other, and I only see … More

What Fear Teaches: Lessons from the Cliffside

I remember a day in a Colorado canyon, on the side of a 750-foot cliff. I had taken a less … More

The Real Joy of Backpacking

  Recently two young women from Chicago, students at our college, approached me surreptitiously about going backpacking. The situation was … More