The ‘Colored Only’ Fountain
In 1969, passing through Atlanta on a Greyhound bus, I drank from a fountain marked “Colored Only”—and waited to see what would happen.
Food Can Kill … or Cure
A sudden illness sends a young pilgrim to Boston’s Rising Sun clinic, where he encounters a radical idea: food itself may be the body’s first medicine.
Sorry, No Catholics Allowed
At age twenty-six in the summer of 1968, I visit the Bruderhof community in northern Connecticut, stepping through its stone wall and wrought-iron gate into a pastoral world that feels suspended in time.
When Providence Moves …
In the summer of 1968, a hitchhiking pilgrim experiences Providence in motion, receives unexpected hospitality in Amherst, and witnesses a startling moment at a Connecticut turkey farm.
The Medicine
A young man leaves the ordered stillness of an abbey and steps onto a dusty road, choosing solitude and faith over security in this memoir excerpt from Path Perilous: My Search for God and the Miraculous.
Terror in the Night
A night of shelter at a remote monastery descends into terror when a fellow traveler appears at the foot of the bed with a knife. What follows is a silent vigil of fear, prayer, and survival beneath the Abbey’s ancient walls.
OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN
A winter day in 1967 Boston becomes a wordless lesson in faith, hunger, and social blindness, as cold, abundance, and waste collide on Christmas in Beacon Hill.
Living Deliberately—In Quiet Desperation
My soul longed to stand tall, even as it remained shackled to the cowardice of my flesh.
Embracing Poverty—I Found Christ
An excerpt from Path Perilous recounting chosen poverty, quiet companionship with pensioners, and the discovery of Christ in a wounded World War II veteran.
Timeless Little Children
A reflective memoir excerpt exploring Krishnamurti’s Choiceless Awareness, childhood innocence, and the illusion of time through contemplative silence.
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 