the green chest

Tag: Asia

  • Watching Change Happen

    Originally posted on Jetlag Talks: One of my first days back in Cambodia after Thailand, I woke up to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, arguably the world’s largest religious monument, and, understandably, a huge source of pride for Cambodians. Angkor Wat was a whole “city” of temples, built around 1100 A.D. While eating breakfast next to…

  • The Heaven Room in Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace

    Can Heaven be in a room? I haven’t found the answer in my spiritual books, but based on my experience at Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace, I say yes. After traveling to Europe three times, I’ve seen my share of ornate palaces. But no palace I saw in Europe feels like the Royal Palace in Phnom…

  • Here we go again!

    Hello! I’ve missed you. Really. Guess what? I’m doing this again. What, you ask? Why, a trip. And a (self-induced) savings challenge to support it. But this trip isn’t just any trip. It will be remarkably new and certainly life-changing. I’m traveling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia in the fall to serve as a leadership resident…