: The five courts A student enters a legendary martial school and passes through five courtyards of training, each …

: City of clocks In the city of clocks, everything ran like clockwork. Until a storm came and a price was asked.

: The wayfinder They say you cannot cross the same Shatun twice. There is no map, no path and no promises.

: Why I’m a Buddhist I didn’t become a Buddhist when I believed. I became one when I learned to practice.

: Breaking and beauty Three stories about Rikyū, the Japanese tea master.

: The tiger and the rabbit Three generations, reflecting one another. Patterns and parallels, unplanned.

: The reading that met me A particular season of reading: on prayer, yoyū, and story.

: Ordinary days Happiness is the gift you don’t own.

: In the falling light Is talent destiny? When a dream assignment in Japan went wrong, I learned it might be something you …

: Travels in the rain A shrine, a storm, and a choice to keep walking.

: A father’s heart My heart no longer lives in my chest. It lives in two people I’d give everything to. This letter is …

: Rhymes and ruptures History is a story told by a mad poet.

: Makoto and the Temple of Ashes After years of silence and solitude, a monk seeks a temple said to grant enlightenment – or madness.

: A tale of 3 captains Three sons inherit a question. Each replies in a different way. Only one grows in the answering.

: A song in the sun The night half your face fell, I made a promise I would break.

: Be kind and keep striving I thought hard work guaranteed success. Then I got punched in the ribs.

: The quiet forest In a forest monastery, I sat in silence for 10 days. A story about stillness, surrender and why I …

: The map of wonder What getting lost and staying still taught me about presence and wonder.

: No way as way Bruce Lee was a young man willing to fight for what he believed. When he opened his gung-fu school, …

: The starfighter One moment, we were picking out a LEGO set at the mall. Hours later, I was in the ICU, heart racing, …