David Eagleman on how we limit our lives by eschewing the unfamiliar and only staying within a small circle of friends.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Book Review: Saving Jesus from the Church
Calls for a radical change in churches by putting the faithful on the path of Jesus and seeing Christianity as compassion, not condemnation.
Book Review: Final Journeys
Wise advice on death, dying, and grief from a hospice nurse who has worked with patients and their loved ones since 1981.
Book Review: The Second Book of the Tao
Translations and audacious interpretations of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzu-Ssu.
Book Review: Acedia & Me
An incisive and edifying memoir and meditation on acedia, a debilitating condition of the soul.
Book Review: The Three Marriages
An engaging and imaginative examination of the triumphs and tragedies of human belonging.
Book Review: Sum
A wildly imaginative collection of tales about possible afterlives.
Book Review: What Matters Most
A Jungian interpretation of the meaning of life and the importance of soul, imagination, wonder, and mystery.
Book Review: The Green Bible
A green version of the Bible with helpful resources on creation care.
Book Excerpt: Moments In Between
David Kundtz on being open to life and its realities.
Book Excerpt: Grace on the Go
Barbara Bartocci on prayer opportunities in daily tasks.
Book Review: Dark Green Religion
An exploration of the global growth of four types of religion in which nature is seen as sacred and worthy of reverent care.
Book Excerpt: Dark Green Religion
Bron Taylor on dark green religion as a movement based on a view of nature as sacred and worthy of reverent care.
Book Review: Transforming Our Painful Emotions
Makes a good case for taming and befriending our negative emotions and seeing them as allies rather than as enemies.
Book Excerpt: Transforming Our Painful Emotions
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead on the need for a robust spirituality of anger.
Book Review: The Animal Manifesto
A passionate and convincing description of the plight of animals and why we need to treat them with more compassion.
Book Excerpt: The Animal Manifesto
Marc Bekoff's plea to make kindness and compassion the basis for our interactions with animals.
Book Review: Seek God Everywhere
Cogent and creative commentary on the meanings of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
Book Excerpt: Seek God Everywhere
Anthony de Mello on how contemplation and action go together in the spiritual life.
Book Review: The Forgiveness Solution
An impressive and multidimensional collection of exercises and practices to nurture forgiveness in us.