Esaze on Kickstarter My friend Chinobay and I have formed a band, Esaze, and we are having so much fun writing and playing together. More importantly, the music we are making seems to be landing powerfully in people’s hearts. In a time of so much division and rancor, it feels particularly good to be celebrating […]

Last year, I had the extraordinary good fortune to strike up a friendship with one of my favorite authors, Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage To Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy, etc.). The photo above is from a visit in his and Sharon’s home in Madison, Wisconsin last August. I’m so […]

As I write this note, I’m sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Antigua, Guatemala. A woman is mopping the floor, trucks are rumbling by outside, and church bells ring in the distance. Even with all of that sound, there is a certain kind of quiet. I’m on the last day of a trip […]