True story of thrill-seeking photojournalists in South Africa just before the historic elections.
DVD Feature Film Review: Queen to Play
An elegant and inspiring French drama about a chambermaid who follows her passion for chess and finds her life transformed.
Book Excerpt: Mirrors
Eduardo Galeano with two excerpts on the shadow side of life revealed through criminal statistics not counted and the lethal weapon of our cars.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: The Elusive Big Idea
An essay on what it means to live in a post-idea world where thinkers with big ideas have been replaced by trivial pursuits monitored on social networks.
Book Excerpt: Your Body Speaks Your Mind
Deb Shapiro on the many meanings and metaphors associated with the heart.
Feature Film Review: Amigo
A portrait of American imperialism set in an occupied village during the 1900 Philippine-American War.
Feature Film Review: Higher Ground
A spiritual drama that challenges viewers to map their own journey of faith, asking questions, having doubts, and seeking a closer connection with God.
Feature Film Review: Love Crime
A highly focused and well-directed French psychodrama set in the corporate world where power plays and competition can lead to disastrous events.
Book Review: Living "Illegal"
A hard-hitting and thoughtful work on the lives of unauthorized immigrants.
Book Excerpt: Living "Illegal"
Marie Friedmann Marquardt on how churches can play an important role in immigration reform.
Book Review: Love’s Voice
Haiku poems reflecting themes in Jewish mysticism.
Book Excerpt: Love’s Voice
Four kabbalistic haiku poems on God by Richard Zimler.
Book Review: Curation Nation
A fascinating and edifying overview of curation as a major phenomenon of our time.
Book Excerpt: Curation Nation
Steven Rosenbaum on curation as a major phenomenon of our time.
Book Review: Nature as Spiritual Practice
A presentation of nature as a place of wonder, mystery, and transformation which plays a part in the Christian adventure of faith.
Book Excerpt: Nature as Spiritual Practice
Steven Chase on being touched by a tree and learning through nature about the divine presence.
Book Review: A Field Guide to Nature as Spiritual Practice
A companion book to Nature as Spiritual Practice by Steven Chase.
Book Review: Apprenticed to Spirit
A spiritual memoir about the author's 27-year relationship with a teacher and mentor from the non-physical world.
Book Review: Restoring Life’s Missing Pieces
Spiritual exercises for revisiting people, places, things and self as a process of personal transformation.
Book Excerpt: Restoring Life’s Missing Pieces
Caren Goldman on the difficulty of letting go of our dear possessions.