The icons of William Hart McNichols and the lyrical meditations of Mirabai Starr combine in a tribute to Mary.

Hard-hitting essays criticizing contemporary culture and offering new ways of transforming the nation and its roll toward self-destruction.

Mirabai Starr's devotion to Mary as the Mother of suffering.

Nancy Corceran on the devotion of linking prayer and action in the world.

Explores the Lord's Prayer in Matthew as a manifesto and hymn of hope.

June Cotner's collection of poems on hope (by Betty Taylor, Barbara Crooker, and Suzanne C. Cole).

John Dominic Crossan on how God-as-Electricity is always there.

The meaning of old age has been transformed by the high rate of unemployment, early retirement, and the large number of part-time older workers.

William Dalrymple's story of a Jain woman's devotional walking practice.

Explores the spiritual value and many meanings of perseverance.

Margaret J. Wheatley on how the journey of perseverance begins with fire, the passion of our cause.

Essays describing the individual psyches and souls of some of the world's greatest cities.

Murray Stein (in a book edited by Thomas Singer) on the meaning of monuments.

A thought-provoking documentary about the 2006 Public Theatre's presentation of Mother Courage and Her Children and the life and work of Bertolt Brecht.

One of the best movies ever about guilt as the guardian of our goodness and a sign of our yearning to belong to the larger world.

Millennial youth turn away from religious affiliation after being turned off by political activists from the religious right.

A robust and snappy documentary about Ron Galella, the controversial photographer of America's superstars and celebrities.

Georg Feuerstein and Brenda Feuerstein on changes that must be made based on reverence for all life forms.

Jay Marshall on joy and walking.

An interesting article on procrastination, its causes and possible antidotes.