Take me to church

Religion is not my thing. My whole family—both sides and as many generations as I’m aware of—have never taken up religion. Or maybe, at some point, someone gave up religion in favor of more personal freedom, or maybe there weren’t churches in the Pacific Northwest logging camps and homesteader communities where my ancestors found themselves….

Ten Years: A Buddhist Perspective

This post is structured around the three Dharma Seals, as is most of life, it seems. Impermanence is permanent. Ten years ago, I was about to start a new job. It was only my fifth new job since the turn of the century. The startup that I had worked for for two years was being…