The Architecture of Silence
We often mistake prayer for a reaching out, a desperate climb toward a sky that feels too far away. But perhaps it is more like the way roots find their way through dry earth—a quiet, insistent seeking in the dark. There is a weight to the…
Life’s Biggest Miracle
Do you know what mothers feel when babies are born? Mothers feel kind of thrilled to keep watching the baby, and yearning to looking at it all the time, as if the seven wonders have become eight! During the first few days after delivering her…
Spring Storm on Thamserku by Sujoy Das
On a recent trek to the Gokyo valley in Nepal we stopped for the night at Luza. It started snowing in the afternoon and in the early evening the snow stopped. As the sun was beginning to set the clouds started to clear and this view of Thamserku,…