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You won’t find Buzz Bissinger dropping to his knees in prayer like his Texas high school football team did before each game. Yet, says the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of the best-selling Friday Night Lights, “More and more, it seems important to me to have faith in something.” S&H caught up with him at the National Writers Series Book Festival in Traverse City, Michigan. “I visited Auschwitz two years ago,” Bissinger explains, shaking his head. “It sounds trite, but I was never bar...
 In Marin County, California, no one is surprised that environmental awareness is taught to preschoolers. |
 Mexico’s obsession with death—its manic skeleton figurines, its altars festooned with tequila, cigarettes, and skulls—always seemed strange and macabre to me. |
 Paul Sutherland: You’ve been incredibly supportive of your dad. How do you see your role in his career? |
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 As an "animal and nature communication specialist," Sedona, Arizona-based Maia Kincaid provides intuitive communication services with animals, plants, and the human body. Her other services include transformational coaching and classes in animal and nature communication. She's also the author of... |
 Clutter is anything that gets in the way of what matters most to you. It can certainly be material—unwanted trinkets and clothes that no longer fit—but clutter also can be spiritual, emotional, and psychological. Maybe you’ve found yourself unable to meditate or pray because you can’t stop... |
 According to Darwin’s theory of evolution and “the survival of the fittest,” the strongest survive to pass on their genes to the next generation. This is why even today our brains give us a rewarding hit of joy when we have sex (babies help a species survive) and devour high-calorie foods—today’s... |
 We must teach our children about religion for three reasons. First, human beings are intrinsically religious: for thousands of years we have inquired into the meaning of life, often expressing our thoughts in the form of religious myth, ritual, and theology. Teaching our children about religion... |
 I glance at my watch quickly, at the risk of spilling some of the Sancerre in my glass. It’s almost 10 p.m., and I’m doing the sleep-math in my head. If I go to bed by 11, I’ll get only seven hours before I have to wake up and prepare the traps. |
 I met Anne Lamott in her cozy Marin County, California, home, where we talked about her latest book, Help, Thanks, Wow, over the objections of her two exuberant dogs. |
