Phil Cousineau on the word beauty which contains intimations of the body, art, spirituality, and harmony.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Book Excerpt: The Mindfulness Code
Donald Altman on using balance breaks during the day to ward off stress, anxiety, and fear.
Book Review: Connecting like Jesus
Practices and exercises for creating spiritually charged communication within the church community.
Book Excerpt: Connecting like Jesus
Mary Albert Darling on how the spiritual practice of listening attentively to another person affirms their worth.
Book Excerpt: The Divine Life of Animals
Ptolemy Tompkins on how treating animals as our brethren benefits both them and us.
Book Review: Cognitive Surplus
A visionary and incisive work on the online sharing and caring going on thanks to more time, energy and creativity.
Book Excerpt: Cognitive Surplus
Clay Shirky on how people are using the Internet to fulfill their desires to be creative and generous.
Book Excerpt: The Language of Emotions
Karla McLaren on how welcoming all our emotions enables us to deal with setbacks and inconveniences.
Book Review: The Mindfulness Code
44 mindfulness exercises to serve as antidotes to the stress and speed of our overstimulated and always-connected lives.
Book Review: 5001 Simple Things to do For Others (and Yourself!)
5001 things to keep kindness, compassion, and generosity alive in our world.
Book Excerpt: Soul of a Citizen
Paul Rogat Loeb challenging citizens to be true to themselves as they move from passivity to participation.
Book Review: The Divine Life of Animals
A thought-provoking overview of the spiritual connections that tie us to our pets and other animals.
Book Excerpt: Transfiguration
John Dear on following the nonviolent Jesus to enter the transfiguration story.
Documentary Film Review: South of the Border
Oliver Stone's interviews with seven Central and South American leaders whose personalities, programs, and ideals have been vilified by the U.S. media.
Feature Film Review: Knight and Day
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on a wild and suspenseful ride.
Book Excerpt: Take This Bread
Sara Miles on opening ourselves to all of God's creation.
Spiritual Quotation: Water, Poverty
. . . some people don't have pure water . . .
Spiritual Quotation: Water, Everyday Spirituality, Morning
. . . remember to thank the water.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: To the Class of 2010: Find a Wild Religious Mentor of Your Own
Eboo Patel with a tribute to Wayne Teasdale and those little bit crazy mentors who bring out the best in us.
Audio Review: Transitions
Melodic and inspiring music to stir the soul during the many transitions of life.