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The Joys of Spring
Features
The Joy of Spring
Modern living causes us to overlook the obvious. Here’s how not to let that happen.
Divine Brine for the Dis-Ease of...
The Comparative MindComparing is great for prices at the grocery store, but when we start treating the unique and sacred story of our own life that way, we always invite suffering.…
Weave a Culture of Belonging
Decades ago, I spent a year exploring spiritually rich, off-the-beaten-path adventures in search of the sacred in India, Bali, Nepal, and Tibet. These cultures that changed me fore…Inner + Outer Worlds
Life Lessons from the Parking Lot
One-third of the new homeless are living in their vehicles with laptops, tablets, and cellphones. My husband and I were two of them.
Your Assignment: Change the Whole World in a Day
If you want something that lasts for days, plant flowers. If you want something that lasts for years, plant trees. If you want something that lasts for eternity, plant an…
How to Fully Embrace the Hype of Aging
The fountain of youth may be this collection of really old people
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• Aging
Completing the Kona Ironman at Age 70
It’s now two days post Ironman. I’m in Kona, Hawaii, sitting in a beach restaurant at about mile one of the swim. I watched the sunset. I watched the couples enjoying dinner on the…
Rabbi Rami: "I Find Myself Wishing My Dad Would Die?"
Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler
5 Questions for Ai-jen Poo
As the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo is a relentless community organizer and has just released her new book The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the E…Columns
The Heart of Money: Help! I Don't Know What to Think About Taxes!
Question: I don’t know what to think about taxes. Our country seems in serious debt. The rich are getting much richer while more of us face what we now call “food insecurity.” I’m …Tags:
• Financial Advice
Close to the Ground: Bowing to Spring
At the end of the third week of a monthlong pilgrimage to Korea some sixteen years ago, I was completely broken. Before we began the pilgrimage, I figured that a shaved head would …Toolbox
Reviews
Film Review: Food Chains
Food ChainsDirected by Sanjay RawalSCREEN MEDIA The ghastly labor practices that America’s food workers have to endure are nothing new—everybody from John Steinbeck to…
Film Review: Remote Area Medical
Remote Area MedicalDirected by Jeff Reichert, Farihah ZamanCANDESCENT FILMS The titular organization at the heart of Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman’s documentary was originally c…
Film Review: A Will For The Woods
A Will for the WoodsDirected by Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, and Brian WilsonOVERWHELMING UMBRELLA PRODUCTIONS, INC “I’d like to use whatever time I have left …
Book Review: Become Ocean
Become OceanJohn Luther AdamsCANTALOUPE MUSICGlobal warming and climate change are on the minds of many these days. John Luther Adams is no different. The 61-year-old Alaska-based …
Music Review: Aquilonis
Aquilonis Trio Mediaeval ECM RECORDSAquilonis is the sixth ECM New Series release from Trio Mediaeval, the dynamic group of three Scandinavian singers. Founding members …
Music Review: Mbalimaou
MbalimaouBoubacar LUSAFRICA Boubacar TraorÉ was born in the city of Kayes in Mali in West Africa. It’s a country that traces its roots to the 12th-century Mandingo cult…
Book Review: The Fear Cure
The Fear CureCultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and SoulBy Lissa RankinHAY HOUSEAnyone given to chronic fear knows that it acts like a disease—pouncing, then …
Book Review: The Age of Dignity
The Age of DignityPreparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing AmericaBy Ai-jen PooTHE NEW PRESS Ai-jen Poo ends her book, The Age of Dignity, with a vision of herself at 80: w…
Book Review: Silence
SilenceThe Power of Quiet in a World Full of NoiseBy Thich Nhat Hanh HARPERONEIn his popular writings, Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist teachings in a way that anyone can int…
