Explores the Lord's Prayer in Matthew as a manifesto and hymn of hope.
Book Excerpt: The Greatest Prayer
John Dominic Crossan on how God-as-Electricity is always there.
Book Excerpt: Nine Lives
William Dalrymple's story of a Jain woman's devotional walking practice.
Book Review: Perseverance
Explores the spiritual value and many meanings of perseverance.
Book Excerpt: Perseverance
Margaret J. Wheatley on how the journey of perseverance begins with fire, the passion of our cause.
Book Review: Psyche & the City
Essays describing the individual psyches and souls of some of the world's greatest cities.
Book Excerpt: Psyche & the City
Murray Stein (in a book edited by Thomas Singer) on the meaning of monuments.
Book Review: Passages in Caregiving
Shares resources, stories, and varied approaches to the challenges of caregiving for a loved one with a chronic illness.
Book Excerpt: Secrets of Prayer
Nancy Corceran on the devotion of linking prayer and action in the world.
Book Excerpt: Comfort Prayers
June Cotner's collection of poems on hope (by Betty Taylor, Barbara Crooker, and Suzanne C. Cole).
Spiritual Literacy Blog: As Nations Age, a Chance for Younger Generations
The meaning of old age has been transformed by the high rate of unemployment, early retirement, and the large number of part-time older workers.
DVD Feature Film Review: Please Give
One of the best movies ever about guilt as the guardian of our goodness and a sign of our yearning to belong to the larger world.
Book Excerpt: Green Yoga
Georg Feuerstein and Brenda Feuerstein on changes that must be made based on reverence for all life forms.
DVD Documentary Film Review: Smash His Camera
A robust and snappy documentary about Ron Galella, the controversial photographer of America's superstars and celebrities.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: Religion, Politics: Walking Away from Church
Millennial youth turn away from religious affiliation after being turned off by political activists from the religious right.
DVD Documentary Film Review: Theater of War
A thought-provoking documentary about the 2006 Public Theatre's presentation of Mother Courage and Her Children and the life and work of Bertolt Brecht.
Letter: We should demand our right to freedom – Prescott Daily Courier
Letter: We should demand our right to freedom Prescott Daily Courier Enter medical marijuana. It's no secret that drug policy reformers support medical marijuana because they see it as a stepping stone to total legalization. ... |
Rell welcomes troops home – Middletown Press
Rell welcomes troops home Middletown Press M. Jodi Rell on Saturday attended a Freedom Salute Ceremony at the O'Neill Armory in Hartford for the 118th Medical Battalion of Newington. ... |
Azerbaijan: Free Expression under Attack
Ahead of Azerbaijan's upcoming Parliamentary elections, nine organisations are launching a new report titled Free Expression under Attack: Azerbaijan's Deteriorating Media Environment. The report findings come out of a joint freedom of expression mission to the country in September 2010 and highlight the Azerbaijani government's failure to comply with its international commitments to promote and protect freedom of expression.
New Freedom House Study Shows Blasphemy Laws a Serious Threat to Human Rights
Domestic blasphemy laws, far beyond their clear violation of freedom of expression, are responsible for broad violations of human rights, particularly when applied in weak democracies and authoritarian systems, according to a study released by Freedom House today.