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Category Archives: Spirituality
Book Excerpt: Jesus
Marcus J. Borg on his vision of the Christian life.
Book Excerpt: Jesus Today
Albert Nolan on the importance of joining the spiritual and the political, prayer and work for justice, mysticism and prophetic action.
Naming the Days Feature: Mother’s Day: Honoring Our Many Mothers
10 Spiritual Practices to Honor All Our Mothers: for sons and daughters, for mothers, Mother Earth, Mother God.
Global Spirit
A series of one-hour programs, available on TV and through the web, that explores the spiritual, psychological, and scientific belief systems from around the world that animate our actions; featuring a fascinating and eclectic group of spiritual and scientific teachers; hosted by Phil Cousineau.
Film Feature: Global Spirit Live Chat with Deepak Chopra
Watch and participate in live chats with spiritual teachers featured on the series Global Spirit.
Book Excerpt: Learning the Language of the Fields
Daniel Deffenbaugh on gardening as a spiritual teacher.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: Seeding Cyberspace
A Catholic freelance writer on how her online blog has deepened her faith and serves as a form of prayer.
Feature Film Review: Welcome
An astonishing film about a Kurdish immigrant trying to get to England and the help he gets from a Frenchman who empathizes with his dreams.
Feature Film Review: Mother and Child
An extraordinary film about adoption and the lives of three very different women on separate quests for love, nurturing, and personal fulfillment.
Documentary Film Review: Babies
A delightful and thoroughly appealing documentary that charts the adventures of four babies from the U.S, Japan, Mongolia, and Namibia.
Book Excerpt: Spiritual Direction in Context
Shaun McCarty on spiritual directors as teachers and guardians of Mystery.
Feature Film Review: Iron Man 2
A snappy and fast-paced action drama about the transformation of a superhero into a better human being.
Documentary Film Review: The Oath
A documentary on the toxic spin-offs from both Al-Qaeda and the U.S. War on Terror.
Book Excerpt: Hospitality
Leslie A. Hay on the importance of receiving strangers and attending to their needs.
Book Review: A Prayer for the Earth
A top-drawer story about Noah's wife and her caretaking mission during the flood, modeling for us a nurturing love for the Earth.
Book Review: Wangari’s Trees of Peace
An inspiring picture book biography of Wangari Maathai, the African winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for her restorative work on the environment.
Book Review: Anh’s Anger
Shows how a little boy learns to befriend his anger and in so doing to transform it.
Book Review: Topsy-Turvy Town
Salutes a young boy who lives in a delightful and playful world created in his own vivid imagination.
Book Review: The Red Scarf
How a cab driver is launched on an adventure that opens his heart.