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From the Editor: Pilgrimage
“Despite the English language’s overstocked lexicon, no other word conveys the combination of movement and sacrament.”
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2021 July/August
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Featured Artist: Lisa Muller
S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Philadelphia-based Lisa Muller about plateaus, process, and avoiding preciousness.
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• Art
Taking Stock of Our Values in a Post-COVID World
Do you know your values? COVID-19 has changed many peoples’ inner truth.
Columns
The Likeness of God: Brown and Black
Rabbi Rami Shapiro answers questions from S&H readers. “My priest confided in me that despite her best sermonic efforts, racism still infects our overwhelmingly white church. What else might she do?”
Finding Home in the Moment
Psychotherapist Kevin Anderson answers questions from S&H readers. “I keep trying to figure out where I should move, but I feel stuck and unable to make a decision.”
The Peacemakers
“With all the polarity and violence we are suffering through today, it helps to learn from another time, when the violence and want for vengeance was just as extreme.”
Noah Time Like Today
Sometimes you just need an Egyptian vulture named Bob to lead you in the right direction.
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• Animal Wisdom
• Travel
• Play
• Pilgrimage
• Spiritual Journey
• Animals
• Animal Wisdom Collection
Connections
Rethinking Burial: Burial Shrouds and More Ideas
Burial shrouds offer a better way to tend to the dead, according to one shroud-maker.
The Meditation Path and the Brick Wall
Buddhist nun (and celebrated author) Pema Chödrön has some ideas about what to do when your practice plateaus.
Walking the Tree Labyrinth
Create your own labyrinth, finding the trees amidst the cactuses and bushes.
Attachment Styles and Attunement
Tune into how your earliest life lessons can cause you ongoing hardship.
5 Spiritual Lessons From Parenting
Raising kids has a way of hammering home insights that are both obvious and always, somehow, slipping from our minds.
Features
The Camino Vibe
Can’t head to Europe for the Camino De Santiago? You can craft a small pilgrimage close to home.
A Gardener’s Awakening
Michael Pollan discusses his new book, exploring the relationship between humans and three plant products that have shaped human culture and history: caffeine, mescaline, and opium.
Find a Calling, Make It Work
You may find your calling at the place where your gifts intersect with other people’s needs.
Toolbox
Toolbox: Child-like Play
When was the last time you did something because it was fun? It may be time to embrace your inner child.
Reviews
Book Review: No Bad Parts
Have you ever wanted to break out of destructive behavioral patterns? Are there parts of yourself you find hard to love? If so, this book is for you. Richard C. Schwartz arg…
Book Review: Leave Society
Leave Society is, to borrow its protagonist’s phrase, the record of a “life explored with leisurely meticulousness.” The book begins in 2014 and chronicles a novelist named Li’s l…
Book Review: Embracing New Samaria
A book by a Mexican-American evangelical minister from Minnesota (via Laredo), written for fellow “Jesus freaks” intent on making new disciples, planting new churches, and seein…
Book Review: Finding Refuge
Synthesizing her work as a social justice activist, anti-racism trainer, and yoga teacher, Michelle Cassandra Johnson’s latest book explicitly sets out to empower readers to prio…
Book Review: Heart Open, Body Awake
“Embodied” is a buzzword these days, flung around in an attempt to describe the effort to live grounded inside our physical selves. But what does it actually mean to be embodied…
Music Review: We Are
We Are is the powerful new album from pianist/singer Jon Batiste, his first full-length studio album since Hollywood Africans in 2018. These 13 songs optimistically celebra…Tags:
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Music Review: They’re Calling Me Home
If there’s an upside to the pandemic, it’s that it inspired creative endeavors like They’re Calling Me Home. Rhiannon Giddens, a native of North Carolina, recorded the album in …
Film Review: Stray
Five years ago, adventurous moviegoers were enchanted with Turkish director Ceyda Torun’s documentary about Istanbul’s street cats, Kedi, a small indie hit on the festival circui…
