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Category Archives: Spirituality
Spiritual Practice Feature: Praying the News: For Protesters in Wisconsin
A prayer by Eileen Purcell for workers seeking economic justice, the right not only to survive but to thrive.
Book Excerpt: A Persistent Peace
John Dear on adopting peacemaking and love as a way of action.
DVD Documentary Film Review: Kings of Pastry
An immensely entertaining documentary about pastry chefs competing for entry into a prestigious fraternity in France.
Book Excerpt: Small Pleasures
Justine Toms on keeping hope alive by nurturing it through the body.
Book Excerpt: Alone Together
Sherry Turkle on being connected without having each other's full attention.
Book Review: The Hidden Gifts of Helping
An uplifting exploration of the physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits of generosity, compassion, and hope.
Book Excerpt: The Hidden Gifts of Helping
Stephen Post on seeing God when connecting with the neediest.
Book Review: Baby Boomers and Beyond
A long needed wake-up call for Christian churches to provide ministries, programs, and resources for Baby Boomers, the new old.
Book Excerpt: Baby Boomers and Beyond
Amy Hanson on older adulthood becoming a life stage of its own.
Book Review: In Defense of Civility
A challenge to religious communities to model civility and to enrich political discourse in America.
Book Excerpt: In Defense of Civility
James Calvin Davis on how civility encourages mutual respect.
Book Review: The Emotional Calendar
Keen insights into the challenges faced by those whose emotions act up at certain times of the year, during holidays, and on days connected with by bad memories.
Book Excerpt: The Emotional Calendar
John Sharp on why everyone's emotional calendar is incredibly dynamic.
Book Review: Alone Together
An abundance of insights and creative observations on our machine mediated lives and what this all means for intimacy, solitude, and being connected.
Feature Film Review: Even the Rain
A film that the late Howard Zinn would appreciate about filmmaking, water rights, ancient Spanish imperialism, and modern-day exploitation of the poor.
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: A Time to Plant
Kyle Kramer on hospitality as difficult and full of discomfort and messiness.
Book Review: Gods Behaving Badly
A savvy examination of the para-religious meanings of celebrity worship.
Book Review: Shock of Gray
A bold and brilliantly written and organized book on the aging of the world's population and what it all means.