Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening
Dale Verkuilen has been a Zen practitioner since 1968, Barbara since 1971. They met and married in 1974. Both are ordained Soto Zen priests. They have studied with a number of pioneering Japanese priests, as well as accomplished American teachers.  The Verkuilens co-founded the Midwest Soto Zen Community in 2001. Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening is their first co-authored book. Barbara is the author of The Tale of Zen Master Bho Li and Dokusan with Dogen: Timeless Lessons in Negotiating the Way. Dale is currently working on his second book, Unfolding the Eightfold Path: A Contemporary Zen Perspective. They live in Madison, Wisconsin.