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Current E-Courses - Sign up Today: • New for Lent: Practicing Spirituality with Edward Hays • InterSpiritual Wisdom • Lovingkindness with Sylvia Boorstein • Intercessory Prayer with Jane Vennard Daily Practices: • Spiritual Practice of the Day • More Spiritual Practices • Spiritual Reading of the Day: Kwame Anthony Appiah on coexisting well • More Spiritual Readings • February is Heart Month. Today's Heart 02/09/10 New DVDs: Departures, A Serious Man, Peter and Vandy 02/08/10 Naming the Days: Birthday of Martin Buber 02/07/10 Superbowl Sunday: The NFL and God 02/05/10 Now in Theaters: Dear John 02/04/10 Naming the Days: Birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer New DVDs: Amelia, As It Is in Heaven, The Duchess, The Vanished Empire 02/02/10 Groundhog Day, Candlemas, Imbolc: Celebrate with a movie, discussion, and rituals 02/01/10 New Book Reviews: story, empathy, philosophy, world soul, peace, meditation, Taoism, boredom, soul fitness 01/31/10 Naming the Days: Birthday of Thomas Merton 01/28/10 New Films: For My Father, Ajami, The Shock Doctrine 01/27/10 New DVDs: Act of God, Moscow, Belgium, Soul Power, Bright Star, The Boys Are Back, Whip It 01/26/10 New in Books: emotions, dance, wisdom, genocide, dharma, emptiness 01/24/10 Naming the Days: Birthday of Henri J.M. Nouwen 01/22/10 Now in Theaters: Extraordinary Measures, The Girl on the Train, Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 01/19/10 New DVDs: Che, The Invention of Lying, Whiteout, No Impact Man, Streamers 01/18/10 Naming the Days: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 01/16/10 Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Hymn for Haiti 01/15/10 Now in Theaters: Mine, Fish Tank Now in Theaters or from iTunes: Mine about pets after Hurricane Katrina 01/13/10 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Religion and Women 01/12/10 New DVDs: The Hurt Locker, The Burning Plain, Passing Strange, Trucker 01/11/10 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Faux Friendship Naming the Days: Feast Day of Brother Lawrence 01/08/10 Now in Theaters: Youth in Revolt, Sweetgrass, Wonderful World 01/06/10 Spiritual Literacy Blog: How to Train the Aging Brain Naming the Days: Epiphany 01/05/10 New DVDs: Lorna's Silence, Far and Away, Amreeka 01/04/10 On PBS This Week: This Emotional Life Naming the Days: Feast Day of Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton 01/02/10 Naming the Days: St. Seraphim of Sarov Day 12/31/09 Spiritually Literate New Year's Resolutions: Download a Poster 12/30/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Cynthia Bourgeault on Unitive Seeing 12/29/09 New Book Reviews: Piero Ferrucci, Rob Brazsny, Paul Knitter, Daniel Berrigan, Joann Davis (a.k.a. The Scribe), and Roger Housden 12/25/09 Merry Christmas: Readings on the day from Howard Thurman 12/23/09 In Theaters: Police, Adjective 12/21/09 Winter Wonder for the Solstice Announcing: The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009 12/18/09 Now in Theaters: Avatar, The Messenger, The Young Victoria, NoBody's Perfect 12/17/09 New Book Reviews: city living, climate crisis, prayer, spiritual memoir, forgiveness, Advent, service, relationships, theology 12/16/09 Opening today: Crazy Heart 12/15/09 New DVDs: District 9, The Other Man, Taking Woodstock, (500) Days of Summer 12/14/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: United States' Shameful Land Mine Policy 12/13/09 2009 End-of-the-Year Tributes: Share your Bests list! 12/11/09 Opening Friday: Invictus, A Single Man |
All three books are highly recommended as serious and stirring quests for a new kind of Christianity.  See our review of A New Kind of Christianity by Brian McLaren
See our review of If the Church Were Christian by Philip Gulley
See our review of Jesus Freak by Sara Miles
See more reviews of Jesus Books
Current E-Courses
 Practicing Spirituality with Edward Hays will explore the everyday spirituality teachings of Edward Hays, a Catholic priest, former director of a contemplative center, and author of more than 30 bestselling books on contemporary spirituality. Sign up now for this program which will run during Lent, from Ash Wednesday, February 17 - Easter, April 4.
Online Retreats on Classic Practices of the World's Religions
Three new Online Retreats with Practice Circles run back-to-back through the winter and spring. The leaders are some of our Living Spiritual Teachers, presenting their teachings for the first time online. Get a subscription to all three retreats at a 20% discount here. The retreats are:  InterSpiritual Wisdom is a six-week Online Retreat with Practice Circle that is a rare opportunity to learn from six pioneers of InterSpirituality: Shaikh Kabir and Shaikha Camille Helminski, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Swami Atmarupananda, Dr. Ed Bastian, and Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault. Over six weeks, we will explore sacred texts together and deepen our practice of forgiveness, self-knowledge, self-emptying, interdependence and reciprocity, courage, and love and compassion. January 31 - March 13.
 Lovingkindness with Sylvia Boorstein is a four-week Online Retreat with Practice Circle led by one of the world's most esteemed teachers of Buddhist wisdom and practice. Through email lessons, audio downloads, and three teleconferences, Sylvia leads us through the practice, using a teaching style that incorporates her personal experiences, delightful stories, and timeless meditation techniques. March 15 - April 9.
 Intercessory Prayer with Jane Vennard is a five-week Online Retreat that will address common questions about this most common form of prayer that is, for many people, also the most confusing and misunderstood. In the private online Practice Circle, we'll discuss steps to sustain our practice and share our own prayers. April 19 – May 23.
Best Spiritual Books of 2009
 Every year from the more than 300 books we review on this website, we choose 50 "best spiritual books." These are the titles that have most impressed and inspired us, and since we only review books that we want to recommend to you for your spiritual journey, this selection actually represents the best of the best.
Through diverse approaches, drawing upon the wisdom and practices of the world's religions, these titles explore the quest for meaning and purpose, wholeness and healing, commitment and community, contemplation and social activism. We congratulate the authors and publishers of these exceptional contributions to today's spiritual renaissance. See the list of the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2009
The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009
 Every December we look back through our reviews of the several hundred films we've seen in the year, revisiting some of them in theaters or on DVD, to choose our own version of the critic's best list. We look for the films that have enriched our spiritual journeys, that reveal the search for meaning and purpose, whose characters demonstrate the application of spiritual qualities in daily life, and whose themes raise our consciousness to a fuller engagement with our world. These are spiritually literate films that reflect the 37 practices featured on this website.
So here are our choices in five categories. We are grateful to the producers, directors, writers, actors, and everyone else who contributed to the 45 most spiritually literate films of 2009. See a Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009
Spiritual Literacy on YouTube
 Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life, based on Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat's bestselling book, is a six-volume DVD series consisting of 26 meditative and soul-stirring half-hour films. Award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack has married aha! passages by teachers of all spiritual traditions to sense-luscious visuals and emotionally vibrant music to reveal the sacred meanings in todays world. We've just created a YouTube channel to showcase clips from all the episodes — plus five extra clips from the episode on "Forgiveness." Visit the Spiritual Literacy channel on YouTube
Visit the Spiritual Literacy Project to read more about this innovative series and to take advantage of our Special Offer. |
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