Self

I might be the first Buddhist program director at a Christian seminary. After I wrote an article in 2016 about

It’s all socially constructed, so you have equal amounts of compassion for the person who’s being battered and the person who’s battering. You’ll never end oppression with oppression.

Elaine Wynne, the founder and president of the Veteran Resilience Project (VRP), almost gave up on the project in 2011.

Walnut potica (pronounced “po-teet-zah”) is a Slovenian sweet dough pastry. Potica was and remains a celebratory treat served at Christmas,

Montoya-Barthelemy is passionate about helping communities find a holistic approach to sexual and reproductive health. As she puts it, “Sexual health is life force.”

Parents everywhere spring into action for their children,  but  not all parents are like Valerie Shirley, whose son’s challenges led

“If [children] see only reflections of themselves, they will grow up with an exaggerated sense of their own importance and value in the world. A dangerous ethnocentrism.”

Walking is my therapy. I walk alone with no music or cell phone. I follow the same path that links

As a child, I read everything from Superman comics to “Little Women,” absorbing without question whatever these writers had to

Every Thanksgiving, my family puts out a spirit plate for our ancestors. I have taught my children the true origins