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Film Review: Becoming Nobody
This film adds another chapter to the Ram Dass story through archival footage and an extensive interview with the filmmaker.
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Book Review: Spiritual Rebel
"Bowen is adept at taking complex ideas from a variety of ancient and modern sources and boiling them down. By necessity, things get oversimplified in the process, but she offers plenty of resources for further study throughout the body of the book. These 'ideas for cultivating spiritual moments' include an eclectic array of practices for each day of the week for a total of three weeks."
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Book Review: Walking
The act of walking is the most human thing we can do. Recover your appreciation for walking in this insightful book.
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Book Review: Holy Envy
"Contrary to popular assumption, Taylor argues, all religions are not alike. They peer at humans from different vantages, and thus propose different solutions to problems. Exploring this with her students, many of whom are evangelical Christians, showed Taylor that her true calling is to find bridges between her own faith and that of others."
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Book Review: To Stop a Warlord
The author recounts the pursuit of Joseph Kony, a brutal warlord whose guerilla group killed more than 100,000 people. She also writes about balancing her activism against Kony with her own family life.
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Book Review: The Wisdom of Anxiety
"Though commonly labeled a disorder, anxiety, for Paul, is simply evidence of the imagination and an invitation to wholeness. She shares tools and mindsets that allow us to approach anxiety with curiosity instead of shame, so that we may decode its messages, wherever they surface."
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Book Review: Dare to Matter
"Integrating candid questions for personal analysis, the book incites a profound look within ourselves to determine what we really care about, what moves and motivates us, and what aspects of our world we want to see changed."
Music
Music Review: India.Arie
"Arie, who approaches songwriting as a spiritual practice, intersperses Worthy’s many romantic songs with contemplative tunes like 'Hour of Love,' which advocates Buddhist lovingkindness meditation."
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Film Review: Honeyland
This movie about Europe's last wild beekeeper is complex, resonant, and visually magnificent.
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Film Review: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
This powerful, poetic film shows the stunning beauty (and horrific impact) of humanity's creations as we leave the Holocene Epoch and enter the Anthropocene.
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Film Review: The Mustang
Superb acting and tight directing elevate this film about an inmate training a wild mustang.
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Rosa Parks: Pure Love: An Oratorio of Seven Songs
"'She was an activist long before the incident of the bus and the boycott,' Smith told S&H. 'Throughout history, human beings have always found the courage to not just resist injustice, but to dare to change the movement of human history.' The song 'No Fear' features lyrics based on Parks’s own words."
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