Religion Without God?
I grew up with an Irish father who called himself an atheist while also claiming that, like Einstein, the mystery of life and awe,...
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smshige3
Nov 28, 20181 min read
♪Reunited, and it feels so good♪
♪Reunited, and it feels so good♪ An old song is going through my head. Together again, with Ronnie Harris, hearing how he's transforming...
smshige3
Nov 16, 20182 min read
"Run Isa, run!"
"I greet each new experience with greater gratitude, with less fear, and with a hunger for more." We huddled together in a circle with...
smshige3
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Humble about being famous
Featured in Mindful magazine, while others celebrate, I'm filled with confusion. I laugh at myself, recalling a poem: I want to be famous...
smshige3
Nov 11, 20181 min read
11/11 Doggie Day
In my world, today is doggie day. 11/11, or "one, one, one, one," sounds like the dog's voice in Japanese, "wan, wan, wan, wan." As I...
smshige3
Nov 8, 20181 min read
Splendor in the Grass
“What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of...
smshige3
Oct 25, 20182 min read
"A way of seeing"
I've been talking with former students to get a better sense of what their lives are like as they navigate their twenties. One told me...
smshige3
Sep 24, 20183 min read
Living One Breath at a Time
Remembering Anabel Mariko Stenzel's Courageous Life Posted Sep 22, 2014 Four years later: As Stanford students rush around campus...
smshige3
Sep 19, 20181 min read
Book talk at USC in LA
Hope to see you at a free book talk at USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, October 1, noon, East Asian Seminar...
smshige3
Sep 6, 20186 min read
Grandmother is here, there, and everywhere
Grandmother was born on this day 115 years ago. This year I'm celebrating in the neighborhood where I spent the first year of my life...
smshige3
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Coming Full Circle
Filled with a strange feeling 不思議 of “returning home” and life coming full circle, beginning and ending, birth and death, as I find...
smshige3
Aug 24, 20183 min read
Social Justice and Intelligence Testing
Today's New York Times questions whether standardized, intelligence tests should be relied upon so heavily for admission to universities....
smshige3
Aug 21, 20181 min read
R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
Remembering Kenny--he introduced me to Aretha--he just loved her. In high school we needed heroes who could help us to realize the...
smshige3
Aug 16, 20184 min read
人間は、人の間で生きている We Live in Connection
My friend Tomohiro Takei posted this message on Facebook. I have translated it in hopes that it provides comfort to us as we face the...
smshige3
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Mindful of my Popular Neighbor
Seeing my book at the San Francisco airport Compass bookstore side by side with a New York Times Bestseller (3 million copies sold!), I...
smshige3
Jul 31, 20181 min read
Learning through Sports
Jordan Williamson joined our group of high school students from Japan to share his story of learning through sports. His message is...
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