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Archive for the ‘Spirituality’ Category

DVD Feature Film Review: Me and Orson Welles

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A funny and appealing coming-of-age drama propelled by a razzle-dazzle performance by Christian McKay as the legendary boy-wonder Orson Welles.

DVD Documentary Film Review: Ballerina

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A refreshing and illuminating portrait of five new stars in Russian ballet.

DVD Feature Film Review: The City of Your Final Destination

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A sophisticated drama about love and literary matters skillfully and sensitively directed by James Ivory.

Book Review: Healing Walks for Hard Times

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Carolyn Scott Kortge’s eight-week walking program designed to sustain healing in the body, mind, and spirit.

Book Excerpt: Untrain Your Parrot and Other No Nonsense Instructions on the Path of Zen

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Elizabeth Hamilton on understanding and entering into your fears.

Book Review: God’s Tender Mercy

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A short but profoundly prophetic assessment of forgiveness and other essentials of the Christian path.

Book Excerpt: God’s Tender Mercy

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Joan Chittister on how Jesus models a loving acceptance of those who have trouble doing what is right and religiously proper.

Book Review: Awakening the Kind Heart

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A substantive and practical overview of the spiritual practice of compassion.

Book Excerpt: Awakening the Kind Heart

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Kathleen McDonald on regarding the person you are angry with as a mirror

Book Review: The Power of Rest

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A thought-provoking and handy book on the body, time, rest, and rejuvenation.

Book Excerpt: The Power of Rest

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Matthew Edlund on how a new generation savors the pleasures of sensory overload and multitasking.

Book Review: The Courage to Be Free

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Guy Finley’s brief and snappy look at the courage it takes to tread the path of self-discovery.

Book Excerpt: The Courage to Be Free

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Guy Finley on how we create our own ruts and moments of being stuck by the way we look at things.

Book Review: Saints for Dummies

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

A brisk and illuminating examination of Catholic saints.

Book Review: The Writing Warrior

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

An out-of-the-box handbook for aspiring writers.

Book Excerpt: The Writing Warrior

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Laraine Herron on shaking to unblock yourself and nurture your creativity.

Book Review: Saved By a Poem

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

An astonishing presentation of the transformational power of poetry.

Book Excerpt: Saved By a Poem

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Kim Rosen on why poems are the language of the soul and deserve to be learned by heart.

Book Review: Toward a True Kinship of Faiths

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Affirms the strong points of the world’s major religions and chooses compassion as the spiritual practice they all revere.

Book Excerpt: Toward a True Kinship of Faiths

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The Dalai Lama on compassion as the convergence point of commonality in all religions and the foundation of all true happiness.