Featured Photo December 15

Featured Photo December 15

City Center courtyard maple leaf by Clare Hollander. Celebrating the rain and the end of autumn. The hanging raindrops Have not dried from the needles Of the fir forest Before the evening mist Of Autumn rises. — The Monk Jakuren (12th c. Japan; trans. by Kenneth...
Featured Photo December 8

Featured Photo December 8

Mountain Home by Greg Fain. A view of the Ventana Wilderness on the way into Tassajara. This photo reminds us of our gratitude that the summer fire in 2016 didn’t reach our monastery at Tassajara, and that the Fall 2016 Practice Period was able to begin only...
Engaged Action at Standing Rock, North Dakota

Engaged Action at Standing Rock, North Dakota

Wendy Johnson answers a compelling call for clergy to gather in prayer and solidarity with the Standing Rock Water Protectors.  Last week, following months of protesting by the Standing Rock Water Protectors in North Dakota, the US Army Corps of Engineers concluded...