Kyle Kramer on hospitality as difficult and full of discomfort and messiness.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Book Review: A Time to Plant
A well-done spiritual memoir of a young man's life turnaround that leads to an exploration of the multiple meanings of home economy.
Book Excerpt: How We Age
Marc Agronin on wisdom as an essential and integral part of the aging process.
Book Review: How We Age
A wise and empathetic overview of aging in America and different ways to look at it.
Book Excerpt: Living A Course in Miracles
Jon Mundy on the Spirit being there for guidance and comfort at all times.
Book Review: Living A Course in Miracles
Profound interpretations of A Course in Miracles by a parish minister and scholar who has been writing and teaching this path since 1976.
Book Excerpt: How to Love
Gordon Livingston on why people who like to plan and manifest a certain rigidity do not tolerate surprises or interruptions well.
Book Review: How to Love
Enlightening insights on whom to avoid and whom to cherish in our search for intimacy in our relationships.
Book Excerpt: The Art of Intuition
Sophy Burnham on intuition needing the spurs of silence and solitude.
Book Review: The Art of Intuition
An expansive and illuminating treatment of intuition as a life skill that can open many new doors for us.
Book Review: The Sound of One Hand
A wonderful collection of over 100 ink paintings and calligraphies by the great Zen master whose playful art is accessible to all.
Book Excerpt: 365 Thank Yous
John Kralik on responding to the one good thing a person did for you in your thank you note.
Book Review: 365 Thank Yous
A lawyer reporting on the positive results of his project to send 365 thank you notes to deserving individuals in his life from family to peripheral people.
Book Excerpt: Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
Sharon Salzberg on recollecting those who have helped or inspired us.
Book Review: Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
A substantive and well-rounded primer on meditation by a masterful Buddhist teacher.
Documentary Film Review: Edge of Dreaming
A bold, creative, engrossing, and spiritual documentary about a rational woman's close encounter with death that changes her life and perspective.
Book Excerpt: Loving What Is
Byron Katie on the danger of operating on thoughts or theories that we convince oursevles are true.
Freedom House Condemns Attack on Demonstrators in Bahrain
Freedom House strongly condemns today's attack on protesters in Bahrain and calls on the government to refrain from violence against peaceful demonstrators
Freedom House Condemns Belarus Postelection Trials, Continuing Crackdown
As trials are set to begin for those arrested in the postelection crackdown in Belarus, Freedom House continues its call for Belarusian authorities to immediately release all political prisoners.
Authorities in Iran and Bahrain Should Respect Peaceful Demonstrations
As demonstrators have taken to the streets today in Iran and Bahrain to demand greater freedom, Freedom House calls on authorities in the two countries, as well as leaders in the remainder of the region, to respect citizens' universally protected right to peaceful freedom of assembly and to refrain from the further use of violence against demonstrators.