A children's book about friendship as acting from the heart and not excluding anyone from the circle of our fellow-feeling.
Category Archives: Spirituality
DVD Feature Film Review: Tokyo Sonata
A startling and creative contemporary fable about some of the drastic changes that are rocking the traditional understanding of work and family life in Japan.
DVD Feature Film Review: The World Unseen
A beguiling tale set in South Africa depicting yearning as the best antidote to hatred, oppression. and rigid thinking.
DVD Feature Film Review: The Day I Became a Woman
An Iranian film with unvarnished simplicity and metaphoric richness that conveys the yearning of women at three different stages of their lives.
Book Review: Jordi’s Star
An exceptional children's book about a lonely shepherd whose life is transformed by a star from the night sky that propels him on a path of beauty and devotion.
Book Review: Each Breath A Smile
Demonstrates for children the benefits that come from mindfulness.
Book Review: Listen to the Wind
The true story of an American who is bringing peace, hope, and new possibilities to the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Book Review: When Cats Dream
Take a trip with your cat into his/her dream world.
Book Review: The Beatitudes
An uplifting children's book on the spiritual quest of African-Americans for freedom in the United States.
Book Review: A Thread of Kindness
A sturdy Jewish folktale about the benefits that accrue from the spiritual practice of generosity and putting others before ourselves.
Book Review: And Tango Makes Three
A true story about two male penguins at a zoo who become the proud parents of an infant whom they hatch and raise on their own.
Book Feature: Thanks for Everything, Bill
A tribute and an expression of gratitude to Bill Moyers for his long career on public television and for his modeling of the spiritual practices of justice, compassion, listening, imagination, and meaning.
Book Review: Milo Armadillo
The story of a little girl who learns to let go of her idea of possessing a fluffy pink rabbit and treasure a unique gift from her grandmother.
Book Review: Dear Primo
Letters between two cousin who have never met revealing all they have in common even though one lives in an American city and the other on a Mexican farm.
Book Review: Windows with Birds
A children's book about a cat coping with change after his boy moves to an apartment.
Book Review: A Time for Playing
A celebration in words and photographs of wild animals playing in the wilderness.
Book Review: Which Way?
A handy guidebook for little children on the signs which help us find our way to where we are going.
Book Review: My Friends the Flowers
Encourages children to see flowers as friends and companions on our ecological journey together.
Book Review: Whose Shoes
Uses shoes as a teaching tool to help children respect the diversity of people and jobs.
Book Excerpt: Lord, Have Mercy
Claire E. Wolfteich on the deep connections between prayer and social activism.