I grew up in Southern California, but most of my extended family lived in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Just this morning, I reached out to many friends to invite them to dinner at our house tomorrow night.

This week Victor Jimenez hosted me for a conversation for entrepreneurs on building cultures of belonging. 

Every community leader that I meet with wants to tell me about the values of his or her organization.

It almost doesn’t matter what you see and think it means.

Recently, I heard this piece produced by StoryCorps. It moved me, in part because it is about feeling at home in America.

For many years now, I've kept up a regular practice of meditation which crosses over with contemplative prayer practice.

Mark Levy asked about creating a meaningful experience around New Years celebration.

In the past two and a half years, I’ve written two books, moved across the country, bought a crack house, and then lived in a construction site for a year while we made it a not-crack house.

Communities help us succeed where we cannot by ourselves. This can look like others showing up when we are at our weakest.

What’s a 3 a.m. friend? My friend Nick taught me the term: it’s those people we can call at the most inconvenient time imaginable to ask for help, and they’ll welcome our call.