Dr. Varun Soni is the Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California (USC) and the first Hindu to serve as the chief religious leader of an American university. Find out more at varunsoni.com If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 38:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. After nearly 2 years of over 3,000 tickets to classes and events sold, The Hive is now announcing its May/June classes. Go to cincyhive.org/class to check out the offerings. For $30/month, a Hive member can attend classes and events. If you're interested in this for yourself or would like to sponsor someone else to become a member, you can find more information at cincyhive.org/membership. We've just launched a new podcast called Common Good Podcast where we interview Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight. Check it out at commongood.cc/podcast The intro and outro music is by Troy Bronsink. From the Hive is produced by Joey Taylor.