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May 2017

May 04, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Mindfulness in the Present Moment

Past, Present, and Future Many people see monks as historical figures, people out of the past....

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Becoming Friends With Ourselves

Are We Friends With Ourselves? We have people live in constrained cells and limit the time...

April 20, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Taking Care of What We Need to Do the Job

What We Need to Do the Job We say it is a poor craftsperson who...

April 13, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Finding Our Rhythms

Finding Our Rhythms One of the things I like most about my life is believing...

April 06, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Waiting With Monastic Patience

Monastic Patience We live in a time when patience is understood to be a weakness...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Choosing Our Next Step

Choosing Our Next Step There are times when choosing our next step seems beyond us....

March 23, 2017

Practicing Awareness: Paying Attention Like a Monk

Focused Attention Focus is one of my strengths. Concentrating is not generally difficult for me....

March 16, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Learning to Listen Well

Listening Well is Intimate Listening may be the most intimate thing we can do with another...

March 09, 2017

Leading Like a Monk: Leadership Begins in Stillness

We admire leaders who get us moving. They spur us to action by stirring something...

March 02, 2017

Monastic Leadership

We generally think of leaders as striking figures who inspire people to follow them. Leaders tend to...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Creating the Future of Monastic Life

From Egyptian deserts, to Italian caves, to stone monasteries, each generation creates monastic life. Our...

February 16, 2017

Monastic Habits

A friend of mine, when she was a little girl, was faced with a difficult...

February 08, 2017

Monastic Extroverts

It may be hard for us to believe there are any monastic extroverts. We think...

February 01, 2017

Monastic Life in the World

People tend to be curious when they meet me for the first time. Some...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Monastic Reflection

What is so important about reflecting? What good does it really do us to be...

January 18, 2017

Moving Forward by Standing Still

We drive ourselves to move forward. Our economy, our culture are based in growing, making...

January 12, 2017

Monastic Mornings

Morning is when we awaken. We open our eyes, remember who we are, and rise...

January 04, 2017

Monastic Innovation

Many of us assume monks are people stuck in the past, resistant to new ideas....

December 2016

December 28, 2016

Monastic Silence

Monasteries tend to be quiet places. Some monasteries are quiet because people go there to...

December 20, 2016

12 Lessons We May Have Learned in 2016

It is almost time for the stealth bombers to fly over the start of the...

December 14, 2016

Monastic Routine

I know people who go to the same place and do the same tasks every...

December 08, 2016

Monastic Resolutions

Even as a child I made New Year's resolutions. Each year I committed myself to...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Monastic Activism

Several things I have read recently imply The time for reflection is over, now is...

November 22, 2016

Monastic Explorers

We do not generally see monks as explorers. We think of monks as people who stay...

November 17, 2016

Monastic Night

Night can be the most challenging part of the monastic day. Monastic days are organized...

November 10, 2016

Changing the World

We all want to change the world, in one way or another. Some of us...

November 03, 2016

Celebrating Ambiguity

Many of us view monks as role models of calm and mindful assurance. If we have...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Walking Toward the Light

I am hearing quite a bit about how this has been a hard year. It...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Monastic Space

Monastic space is not about distance or topography, neither personal space nor outer space. I...

August 16, 2016

Monastic Narrative

I know some monks who are excellent storytellers. They tend not to tell stories like...