The Heart of Money: Tiny Acts of Heroism

"We need heroes! Everyday heroes! We need to have our children see us adults act as heroes every day. Even little tiny acts of heroism help."

Our Walk in the World: The Quarter Turn

Should I End My Marriage?

Rabbi Rami on love, marriage, and God.

The Discussion: How Can I Pray Better?

And should better prayer even be a goal?

From the Editor

The letter from the editor kicks off each issue and helps set the tone for the magazine. Over the next six issues, members of the S&H team will be writing the letter. This issue’s writer, Kathryn Drury Wagner, is our wellness editor and resident social media guru, hot sauce fanatic, and wellness enthusiast.

re/VIEW: Diana Butler Bass

Diana Butler Bass reflects on her sixth decade on earth, the current state of Christianity, and how writing about Jesus can be laugh-out-loud funny.

Featured Artist: Andrea D’Aquino

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum chatted with this issue’s featured artist, Andrea D’Aquino, about creativity and silence, her affinity for collage, and more

Build a Better Morning with Ayurveda

Integrative psychiatrist Judith Pentz, MD, shares six ways Ayurveda can rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit.

Telling Our Stories, Telling the Beads

Clark Strand and Perdita Finn explain how the Catholic rosary finds new purpose in interfaith gatherings.

Calm the Body, Calm the Culture

Dr. Will Cole on easing chronic inflammation in individuals and in society as a whole.

9 Ways to Turn Your Resolution into Your Reality

Try these science-based tips for keeping your resolutions alive.

Poem: Over and Over Again

The sand doesn’t change. It stays true to itself, and the ocean still comes back. / And kisses her over and over again.

Toolbox: Bring Back the Light

Moving Towards Joy

Kelly McGonigal says to use the latest research on movement to bring more delight into your life.

Secrets of the Pelvic Floor

This often-neglected part of the body has a lot to say if you know how to listen.

Book Review: You’re Not Listening

The New York Time’s Kate Murphy attempts to help us rediscover the lost art of listening in her new book.

Book Review: I’ve Seen the End of You

In his new memoir, Dr. W. Lee Warren, a devout Christian and a practicing neurosurgeon, focuses mainly on the work he does with patients suffering from a nearly always fatal brain tumor called glioblastoma.

Book Review: Brain Wash

Austin and David Perlmutter's new book provides science-based practical lifestyle interventions for detoxing the brain to help foster clearer thinking, deeper relationships, and healthier habits.

Book Review: The Way of the Rose

You might expect a book about the rosary and Marian apparitions to be written by strict Catholics. However, authors Clark Strand and Perdita Finn are a former Zen Buddhist monk and a feminist former teacher, respectively, and they were surprised to be called toward the rosary.

Music Review: Ghosteen

“With its frequently meandering melodies and wordy lyrics, Ghosteen is less an assembly of songs in the traditional sense than it is an unusually tuneful poetry reading.”

Music Review: Thanks for the Dance

Thanks for the Dance is a quintessential mix of Leonard Cohen’s melancholy humor, sentimental insights, and lost-love laments, with a hint of social-political critique.

Film Review: Gift