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Publications and Articles

Publications

Books and pamphlets:

"Exception to the Rule" (co-authored with Peter Rea and James Stoller, 2017)

"Igniting Innovation with Integrity: Following the B.R.I.C. Road" (co-authored with Peter Rea and Pierre Everaert, 2011)

"Fresh Winds of the Spirit" (1991, 2007)

"Integrity is a Growth Market" (co-authored with Peter Rea, 2006)

"A Canopy of Light and Love" (1993)

"A Motion of Love" (1983)

"Post-Resurrection Consciousness: Mary Magdalene and Me" (pamphlet, 1980)

"Participation is not a Spectator Sport" (1976)

Articles (Recent and Forthcoming) 

A Look at the Accomplished Life of BW Religion professor Alan Kolp

“A Revolution of Love: Creating Contemplatives in the College Classroom.”, in the Fall 2020 edition of The Merton Seasonal, A Quarterly Review

“Finding Meaning in the Pandemic Mess.”, an article for NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors. 

Compassion is a key weapon helping us defeat the coronavirus

"Thomas Merton: Son of a Quaker and Friend to Friends," in "Thomas Merton and the Protestant Tradition" (2016)

“Mind the Light: A Mertonian-Quaker Approach to Contemplative Living," in the Fall 2016 edition of The Merton Seasonal, A Quarterly Review

"Corporate Ethics Can’t Be Reduced to Compliance,"  Harvard Business Review (co-authored with Peter Rea, Wendy Ritz and Michelle D. Steward)

"From Cloister to Classroom: Thomas Merton and Today's College Student," in the Spring 2014 edition of The Merton Seasonal, A Quarterly Review

Book Review of "Merton & the Tao: Dialogues with John Wu and the Ancient Sages" in the Winter 2013 edition of The Merton Seasonal, A Quarterly Review

"Practical Servant-Leadership: Virtue and Value," in Servant Leadership: Heart, Mind, Spirit, ed by Larry Spears & Shann Ferch (co-authored with Peter Rea, forthcoming)

"Hope: Possibilities and Promise." Healing Ministry (2008)

"Ensinando Carater," FAEBusiness Magazine (Brazil) (co-authored with Peter Rea, 2003)

"Sacraments," Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) (2003)

"Hospice: the Via Dolorosa Ad Pacem (The Way of Sorrow to Peace)," Healing Ministry (2003)

"Hospice: the Via Dolorosa Ad Pacem (the Way of Sorrow to Peace)," Making Sense of Dying and Death (2002)

"Spirituality and Worship in the Quaker Tradition," The Brethren Life and Thought (1995)

"Riding the Wind of Spirit," in Practiced in the Presence: Essays in Honor of T. Canby Jones (1994)

"The Real Presence: A Quaker Perspective on Spiritual Direction," The Way: Contemporary Christian Spirituality (1993)

"Owning This Treasure as Persons in Community," Friends' Consultation on Quaker Treasure (1993)

"The Pre-Pendle Hill Spirituality of George Fox," in The Lamb's War: Quaker Essays to Honor Hugh Barbour (1992)

"Language of the Heart: Aspects of George Fox's Spirituality," in Proceedings from International Conference on Tercentenary of Fox's Death (1992)

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