Wendy Johnson

Wendy Johnson is Tricycle's longest-running columnist. She is a lay dharma teacher and the author of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World.

Trike Daily Society & Environment

A Zen Harvest

When the pandemic hit, veterans of Green Gulch Farm joined with Bay Area leaders and activists to distribute their sangha-grown vegetables where it was needed most.

By Wendy Johnson

Nov 23, 2020

Trike Daily Obituaries

The Life of Yvonne Rand

Two Zen teachers remember the late Soto Zen priest.

By Jisho Warner and Wendy Johnson

Oct 16, 2020

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Peace Made of Non-peace Elements

As wildfires destroyed homes in California, a group of veterans who sat peacefully in a meditation retreat offered a stark contrast.

By Wendy Johnson

Apr 26, 2019

Trike Daily

The Boundless Field of Ecological Chaplaincy

In training Buddhist chaplains, one instructor turns toward the earth for a lesson on how to serve all living things as they blossom or decay.

By Wendy Johnson

Nov 21, 2018

gardening shovel shaped like a gun, digging into earth next to a flower, alchemy for regeneration

Magazine Society & Environment

An Alchemy for Regeneration

The Atlanta-based organization Lead to Life: A People’s Alchemy for Regeneration has a commitment to nonviolence bolstered by spiritual insight and dedicated action.

By Wendy Johnson

Fall 2018

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Forest Thicket Practice

How mindfully planting and caring for an apple orchard can cultivate literal and figurative fruit.

By Wendy Johnson

Summer 2018

Fire burning in Stanislaus National Forest, California fires

Magazine Society & Environment

Forest Refuge

In the aftermath of California’s devastating forest fires, Tricycle columnist Wendy Johnson reflects on the link between environmental destruction and regeneration.

By Wendy Johnson

Spring 2018