Clouds and Water: Field Notes from a Zen Pilgrim

Notes from the edge of silence. Explorations of the inner landscape, through silence, stillness, meditation, contemplation, and prayer.

Grace for fuck-ups. Prayer for the impious. A space for spiritual misfits.

Spark Zen is for introspective, iconoclastic thinkers interested in Zen/Buddhism; hosted by a Zen priest who lived at a monastery for 10 years.

Hospitality is the practice of fearless, adaptive, open-hearted welcome, where seeing Christ’s light in all transforms strangers into beloved community.

Spirituality, Zen, and Culture

Explorations in bridging the sacred and secular. Zen wisdom, practical advice and uncommon perspectives on our paradigm shifts from a life of “continuous mistakes.”

Finding spiritual strength and the ability to stay calm amid chaos. Dispatches from Cristina Moon, a social change strategist and Zen priest in Hawaiʻi.