Years into a search that began in my teens, I spent roughly a year living and working with the Franciscan Friars of Western Canada while discerning religious life. After a year back in Banff, I spent close to six months at Birken Forest Monastery in British Columbia, practising in the Thai Forest tradition under Ajahn Sona. Each period changed how I understood attention, suffering, and what spiritual practice asks of a life.
Contemplation in the Everyday
Prayer, meditation, yoga, and years of hospitality work have all shaped how I try to meet ordinary life. Marriage and fatherhood have become a demanding practice of their own, asking for attention, patience, and generosity.
I have come to measure practice less by its most remarkable moments than by what lasts: whether I become more patient, more generous, and less captive to myself at home and at work.
Receive Occasional Essays
Occasional essays on Christianity, Buddhist practice, and the difficult work of becoming less captive to ourselves. I’ll also share news of Modern Jesus as it takes shape.