how might we speak the truth in love about what we are? can naming ourselves be a practice of hospitality that nurtures interbeing? i am really asking. will you kindly help me understand?

what i am, i think, is an open question learning how to understand and love in a more-than-human world.

tenderly. with mindfulness.

somehow this being here like this is, to me, a grace - and divine mystery.

other names:

teacher. ethnographer. christian theologian. and soul friend.

phd from the graduate theological union in berkeley. certificate in spiritual direction from san francisco theological seminary. ba + ma from vanguard university. research and teaching experience at stanford, uc berkeley, the university of washington, and seattle university.

each day walking with my beloved, evelyn ja — and our animal companion, xin-xin.