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DVD Feature Film Review: Me and Orson Welles

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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

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

DVD Feature Film Review: The City of Your Final Destination

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

Book Review: Healing Walks for Hard Times

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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

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Elizabeth Hamilton on understanding and entering into your fears.

Book Review: God’s Tender Mercy

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

Book Excerpt: God’s Tender Mercy

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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

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

Book Excerpt: Awakening the Kind Heart

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

Book Review: The Power of Rest

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

Book Excerpt: The Power of Rest

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

Book Review: The Courage to Be Free

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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

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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

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:20:13 +0000

A brisk and illuminating examination of Catholic saints.

Book Review: The Writing Warrior

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

Book Excerpt: The Writing Warrior

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

Book Review: Saved By a Poem

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An astonishing presentation of the transformational power of poetry.

Book Excerpt: Saved By a Poem

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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

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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

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