Spiritual practices for overcoming self-doubt and living with courage and compassion in an age of rampant fear.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Audio Review: Emotional Freedom Practices
A helpful and healing compilation of exercises and ideas on how to transform troublesome emotions.
Audio Review: Mother Night
Stories that spur your creativity and imagination as you fly with the owls and undergo the soul-stirring process of seeing in the dark.
Book Excerpt: 365 Ways to Change the World
Michael Norton on generosity making a difference in the world.
Book Excerpt: Passion for Peace
Thomas Merton's essay "The Root of War Is Fear," which examines the spiritual practice of peace.
Film Feature: Global Spirit Episodes and Live Chats
Watch streaming episodes of Global Spirit and then participate in live chats with spiritual teachers featured in the programs.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: Teen Texting Now Tops Teen Cell Calling
Spiritual questions prompted by a Pew Reseach study on teens connecting through texting.
Book Excerpt: Blowing the Lid Off the God-Box
Anne Robertson on being open to new images of God.
Book Excerpt: CrazyBusy
Edward M. Hallowell on strategies to deal with being overstretched and overbooked.
Feature Film Review: Looking for Eric
A tribute to the power of friendship to help pull us through crises and handle problems which are too hard for us to solve ourselves.
Feature Film Review: Princess Kaiulani
A heroic tale about the Hawaiian royal heir versus the unsavory greed and raw power of American imperialism.
Book Excerpt: Tibetan Sound Healing
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on connecting with our true self in the natural world.
Book Excerpt: Finding Sanctuary
Christopher Jamison on finding sanctuary through the spiritual practice of silence.
Documentary Film Review: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
A fascinating documentary about the high regard for insects in Japan and the cultural and spiritual reasons behind this phenomenon.
Feature Film Review: Letters to Juliet
A fetching romantic melodrama with a delicious performance by Vanessa Redgrave as an elderly woman on a quest for love.
Feature Film Review: Just Wright
Queen Latifah as an avid New Jersey Nets fan and an accomplished physical therapist who opens herself up to love and true adventure.
Feature Film Review: Robin Hood
A rousing and well-acted screen interpretation of the backstory of Robin Hood before he became a heroic outlaw and champion of the poor.
Book Review: The Shadow Effect
Different perspectives and prescriptions from three bestselling spiritual writers on dealing with our shadows.
Book Excerpt: The Shadow Effect
Debbie Ford on wasting time and precious energy in constructing secret lives to hide parts of ourselves we hate.
Book Excerpt: Why Buffalo Dance
Susan Chernak McElroy on how the hoot of an owl can provide hope.