Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.

I had been a journalist in Europe and then went to divinity school in the early 1990s, and came out as somebody who had the perspective of a journalist and was now also theologically educated.

You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.

Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.