Ted Fishman on the safety nets grandparents provide their families.

A spiritual map to the new territory ahead for those who are divorced.

A prayer for renewal after divorce by Carolyne Call on being a sign for others of love and hope.

Robert McDowell on the power of poetry.

An extraordinary documentary about a fierce and creative wild lioness in Botswana who is doing all she can to nurture and defend her cubs as they face one challenge after another to survive.

A deeply human and spiritually enlightening French film about the mission of seven Catholic monks serving a poor Muslim community in Algeria.

Irma Zaleski's exploration of Christianity as a religion of love (in book edited by Lorraine Kisly)

A creative and risky blend of a character-driven drama and a documentary about some alienated working-class people in a slummy suburb of Baltimore.

A mildy engaging identity loss thriller set in Berlin

Jon Mundy on the Spirit being there for guidance and comfort at all times.

A wise and empathetic overview of aging in America and different ways to look at it.

Marc Agronin on wisdom as an essential and integral part of the aging process.

Byron Katie on the danger of operating on thoughts or theories that we convince oursevles are true.

A bold, creative, engrossing, and spiritual documentary about a rational woman's close encounter with death that changes her life and perspective.

A substantive and well-rounded primer on meditation by a masterful Buddhist teacher.

Sharon Salzberg on recollecting those who have helped or inspired us.

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.

John Kralik on responding to the one good thing a person did for you in your thank you note.

A wonderful collection of over 100 ink paintings and calligraphies by the great Zen master whose playful art is accessible to all.

An expansive and illuminating treatment of intuition as a life skill that can open many new doors for us.