A combination biopicture and dramedy that has us rooting for a working-class hero as he struggles to find his style in the ring and outside the ring within his dysfunctional family.
Category Archives: Spirituality
DVD Documentary Film Review: Waste Land
An astonishing documentary about an art project that celebrates the pickers who work in the world's largest garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro.
DVD Feature Film Review: Hereafter
A poignant, meditative, and meaningful movie about the human desire to know more about the afterlife and to communicate with the dead.
Book Excerpt: The World We Have
Thich Nhat Hanh on being grateful for this land.
Book Review: All the World
Proclaims that the world is a friendly place filled with many bounties and pleasures.
Book Review: Bear in Pink Underwear
A whimsical children's book shows how people can ridicule you one minute and then praise you the next.
Book Review: Bunny’s Lessons
A children’ picture book about the lessons we learn from friends who are our best teachers.
Book Review: Interrupting Chicken
A zany tale about a little chicken's impatience and creativity.
Book Review: Questions, Questions
A perfect children’s picture book designed as a spur to wonder, mystery, and imagination.
Book Review: Mad at Mommy
A simple story which shows children that anger is an emotion that comes and then goes but parental love lasts a long time and is forgiving.
Book Review: Zero Kisses for Me
A perky story about a little boy who declares his independence in the morning but still needs demonstrations of his mother's love at night.
Book Review: The Sun Seed
A wonderful children’s picture book about Mother Earth’s nurturing powers and the growth of a plant into a golden flower.
Book Review: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
A universally appealing children's picture book about friendship and the reciprocal nature of kindness.
Book Review: Shadow
A children's book that heralds the imaginative play of a little girl who has an adventure in the attic of her home.
Book Review: Yoko’s Show-and-Tell
A sprightly story affirming cross-cultural values and forgiveness.
Book Review: Red Sings from Treetops
Honors the beauty and variety of the four seasons and the beauty all around us and within us.
Book Review: Images of God for Young Children
A helpful resource for parents who want to expose their children to some of the many images of God in the Bible.
Book Excerpt: Silver Linings
Mina Parker on meaning that can come through adversity.
Feature Film Review: Certified Copy
A thought-provoking romantic drama about the mysteries of love and the formidable challenges of marriage.
Book Excerpt: Loneliness
John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick on how to cultivate connection if you are lonely.