In the middle of October, I took a nine-day trip through four cities in Spain — by myself. On the one hand, travelling alone is brilliant. With no one else dictating what to see, I could do whatever...

We think there’s something to be said about getting away —about serving others only after we’ve learned to understand ourselves. Last fall, one of us had the pleasure of meeting a young Filipino...

Meditation has always struck me as an inefficient use of valuable time. My distinctly Protestant understanding of prayer allowed me to come before God, unencumbered by intercessors or ritualized language,...