Change the Rules – Mar. 13, 2023
“We are changing the rules of the game. It is not enough to meditate on a cushion inside a monastery.” -Konchok Lhamo, in “Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention,” The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2023
Underneath
Beneath the feet of the monks, that which holds them and their houses of prayer, is this land. Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery on the coast of South Carolina, is where we’re on retreat. The land of my childhood. Beneath the years of their prayerful songs, as old as my dad, there is that which will outlast […]
