A stylish and erotic Italian drama about the sexual awakening of a middle-aged trophy wife.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Book Excerpt: Never Turn Away
Rigdzin Shikpo on how to let go of judgment and hatred.
Book Excerpt: Organic Prayer
Nancy Roth's proposal for an eleventh commandment to protect the earth and a visualization of the future.
Book Excerpt: Journey Into Love
Nan C. Merrill's invitation to walk the same road as the Good Samaritan.
Feature Film Review: Hereafter
A poignant, meditative, meaningful, and commendable movie about the afterlife from the uniquely gifted Clint Eastwood.
Book Excerpt: The Way of the Small
Michael Gellert on why the greatest act of humility is forgiveness.
Feature Film Review: Letters to Father Jacob
A lean and intensely focused spiritual drama about faith, the dark night of the soul, and the redemptive power of love.
Feature Film Review: Conviction
The incredible true story of a crusading sister and the love that animates her 18-year fight to free her brother from prison.
Documentary Film Review: Gerrymandering
A critical assessment of a corrupt political tool exploited by both Republicans and Democrats.
Feature Film Review: Red
A spunky comic action drama about a colorful band of old timers called out of retirement to help an old buddy, a former CIA agent.
Book Excerpt: Lifesigns
Henri J.M. Nouwen questioning why anxiety and suffering is more easily expressed than joy.
Newsletter: The Young Man Who Begs to Learn the Iron Shirt Exercises
Book Excerpt: Everything Must Change
Brian D. McLaren with three examples of the kind of metaphors Jesus might use today if he were confronting our security, equity, and prosperity systems.
Book Excerpt: Zen Computer
Philip Toshio Sudo's meditation on the meanings suggested by some keys on a computer keyboard.
Book Excerpt: Acts of Faith
Eboo Patel with thoughts on an interfaith setting where each community has a chance to make a unique contribution.
Book Review: Window Poems
Early poems on the beauties and the bounties of the natural world and the shadows brought on by the Vietnam War.
Book Excerpt: Window Poems
Wendell Berry's poem about paying in order to give freely.
Book Review: On the Threshold of Transformation
A treasure trove of wisdom on men's spirituality.
Book Excerpt: On the Threshold of Transformation
Richard Rohr on the shadows infused into cultures.
Book Review: Aging with a Laugh and a Prayer
An up-tempo and encouraging paperback on conscious aging.