The Art of Living

Explorers Manifesto

Thirteen of us just completed our maiden Explorers journey. Earlier this summer, while hiking the Colorado Trail, three profound yet straightforward questions occupied my heart and mind. Where am I? […]

The Master in the Art of Living

My friend Sam has this quote from James Michener in his Hawaiian home on the hillside above Waimea. His playful life disrupted mine more than a decade ago. I didn’t […]

Start Close In

Poet David Whyte writes,“Start close in,don’t take the second stepor the third,start with the firstthingclose in,the stepyou don’t want to take.” The first step is the hardest to take. We […]

The Books That I’m Ingesting This Year

This morning, feeling the crispness of autumn breeze through my window, I started to see a loose form, a blurry but distinct outline. My stack of books starts animating in […]

What Seeds Are You Planting?

Friend, We’re here together, in the middle of the beginning of a pandemic story, with the future uncertain and, what if? What if we… invite simplicity back find flow in […]

How to Manage Your Daily Energy

The When and What Strategy When at my lowest point of burnout, the quality of my questions kept improving, aiding my recovery, and returning strength. Using two simple words, “When” […]

Walk to a Friend’s House For Dinner

Our experience of life can become humdrum if we allow it. To interrupt the monotony of life, I propose you call a friend, invite yourself to dinner and then, wait […]

Outdoor Showers and Mindsets

A decade ago, my daily stress level was off-the-charts. I used to think that even little chores like showering felt like an inconvenience to my anxious list of endlessness until […]

What if we…

What if we… invite simplicity back find flow in life-giving rhythms and quiet moments, remind our soul of connection’s promise and call an old friend ask God for “help” now […]

The Deterioration of Our Attention

Hey friends,I’m reading a new book by my friend John about getting our life back in a world gone mad, and he had this phrase I want to share with […]