E-Newsletter Archive

November 3, 2008 - The Master Who Handed Out River Water
New e-course in Masters series: Practicing Spirituality with Joan Chittister. Days of Grace: Meditations and Practices for Living with Illness. Readings and practices for dealing with the worldwide financial crisis. The Ancient Practices Series. Spoken-word audios and music for your journey. Special Offer: Spiritual Literacy DVDs and Spiritual Rx.

September 14, 2008 - St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio
Praying for wolves. New Spiritual Literacy in Wartime Series: Living with Financial Insecurity. Naming the Days for Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Navratri. Letting Go. Movies about 12-Step Programs, inventions, Muslim humor, and more. Peace on DVD.

September 14, 2008 - The Zen Master and His Wayward Nephew
Practicing Spirituality with the Peacemakers. Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris. The Beauty of Imperfection. Holy Ground. Moview about Miracles. Films about water rights, fun with obsesssions, aging, and coming of age. DVDs about idealism, survival, and politics. Books for Your Practice. Sharing Ramadan.

August 12, 2008 - The Host Who Intentionally Spilled the Wine
Watching the Olympics as a Spiritual Practice. Books from Living Spiritual Teachers and Spiritual Masters. Spiritual Literacy Blog on The Sounds of Silence. Films about Affairs, Friendships, and Wine. Hospitality on DVD. Gift Store section on Books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Special Offer for the Spiritual Literacy DVDs.

July 26, 2008 - The Elder Who Knew What Was in the Qur'an
Travel Presence. The Best Spiritual Books of 2008 (So Far). Practicing Spirituality with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ape Rights. A Different Breed of Superhero (Hellboy II and The Dark Knight). An Artist in the Garden named Pearl.

June 29, 2008 - Rumi and the Man with the Grudge
New Spiritual Literacy in Wartime Feature on The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality. A New Spiritual Teacher in the Animated Movie Wall.E. Why the Dalai Lama Matters. A Life Saver Called Plumpynut. DVDs Going Global.

June 14, 2008 - The Saint Who Tested His Students' Patience
Spiritual Takes on Hollywood Movies -- from Zohan to the Hulk. Father's Day Movie Festival. Finding kindred spirits through our blog. New Paperbacks. DVDs about a Holy Fool and Facing Death. Spiritual Practices from Geri Larkin.

May 29, 2008 - The Sultan's Mother and the Ant
Spiritual Practices for Nature-Deficit Disorder. Practicing Spirituality with Hindus. Recent Posts in the Spiritual Literacy Blog. The Gift of Years by John Chittister. The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull plus some notable foreign and independent releases. Gems on DVD.

April 28, 2008 - The Golden Buddha of Thailand
Practicing Spirituality with Sufis. Lectio Divina: An Online Retreat and Practice Group led by S&P and Contemplative Outreach. Coping with Disappointment. Play Month. The Power of Forgiveness. Index of Book Excerpts. Some of the best of 2007 now on DVD.

March 17, 2008 - On Being Tested on the Cleaning Lady's Name
Practicing Spirituality during Illness. Mary Ann's Workshop at Spiritual Directors International. The Spiritual Practice of Equanimity. Hope Month. John O'Donohue's last book, To Bless the Space Between Us. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, the new animated version of the children's classic.

February 9, 2008 - The Apprentice Who Was Advised to Be A Lake
Announcing a whole new slate of current e-courses including "Practicing Spirituality with Jesus - Lenten Edition" and "Practicing Spirituality with Thomas Moore." A new book and an interview from Thomas Moore. Change your habits with our 21-day e-courses on Beating the Blahs, Dealing with Disappointment, Fear Busters, and Letting Go. The Best Spiritual Books of 2007. Spiritual Reading of the Day on the homepage. Love songs video playlist. Support the more than 17,000 pages of free content at Spirituality & Practice.

December 21, 2007: Thanking Santa Claus and the Bethlehem Star
The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2007 - our choices of the 10 best features, 10 best foreign language films, 10 best documentaries, and 10 more features. A Month of Joy YouTube videos. Advent Calendar. End-of-the-Year Support for Spirituality & Practice.Special Offers for the Holidays: buy Spiritual Literacy on DVD and get a free signed copy of Spiritual Rx. End-of-the-Year contributions to S&P for General Support, E-Course System Upgrade, Scholarship Fund. On-Demand E-Courses as gifts. Other holiday gift suggestions.

December 2007: Happy Holidays
Special Offers for the Holidays: buy Spiritual Literacy on DVD and get a free signed copy of Spiritual Rx. End-of-the-Year contributions to S&P for General Support, E-Course System Upgrade, Scholarship Fund. On-Demand E-Courses as gifts. Other holiday gift suggestions.

November 21, 2007: Why the Rabbi Drank Salty Coffee
Gratitude Month Map with 30 gratitude videos and a playlist of Gratitude songs you can listen to or watch. How to Cook Your Life documentary featuring Zen master and master chef Edward Espe Brown. Living Spiritual Teachers and other teachers in the "Open Door" audio series. Sam Keen's Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds, a review, interview, and invitation from Sam.

October 16, 2007: The Donkey Who Fell in the Well
Thich Nhat Hanh on practice. Living Spiritual Teachers on Video. Search our content by Tags and Themes. New E-Course: Practicing Spirituality with Henri J.M. Nouwen. 100 Multifaith Resources. A Celebration of Rumi. Joyce Rupp meditation for the falling leaves. Gallery of Wild Wisdom. Navratri, a Hindu holiday to honor the Divine Feminine.

August 25, 2007: The Telephone Operator Who Was Asked for the Exact Time
Discovering interconnections in a city apartment and the documentary The 11th Hour. The Best Spiritual Books of 2007 (So Far). A new way to do an e-course. Superbad, a raunchy film on male friendship. New Feature - Share Links.

August 7, 2007: The Sufi Whose Feet Pointed to God
The Blessing Path. Next E-Course: Practicing Spirituality with Thich Nhat Hanh. How to schedule an e-Course and practice circle just for your Group. Lobby your art theater for The Willow Tree and Blame It on Fidel. Powerful documentaries: Arctic Tale and The Devil Came on Horseback. Spiritual parenting books. How to support S&P.

July 14, 2007: The Climbers Who Became One with the Mountain
Harvesting Memories. 31 Summertime Practices. Our commitment to the interfaith movement and the path of spirituality that can be a uniting force through all religions. Diana Eck on the pluralist perspective. Summer blockbusters: Transformers and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Email us if you blog.

June 12, 2007: The Boy Who Wanted to Talk to the Baby
Father's Day gift suggestion: Practicing Spirituality with Children. Eight ideas for encouraging children's spirituality. On the Value of Emptying Your Cup. Ending Envy. Special offers to S&P visitors from Shambhala Books and Sounds True. The hilarious Knocked Up and other good movies. Take our flyers to your summer conferences.

May 19, 2007: The Monk Who Made Three Sets of Holy Books
Subscription to 2007 Practicing Spirituality E-Courses. Difficult people practices. Transition times and places. A multifaith mix in Books. Shred the Third. What a puzzle teaches about unity.

May 5, 2007: The Teacher Who Learned the Value of Being Nothing Special
Spirituality & Practice is a Webby Award Official Honoree! New E-Course on Practicing Spirituality with Pema Chodron. Spider-Man 3: A Morality Play. Also in theaters: Waitress and Away from Her. Flyers about S&P's Resources for Spiritual Journeys and 2007 E-Courses available as pdfs for download.

April 6, 2007: The Dervish and the Scowling Man
Announcing four new Practicing Spirituality E-Courses: Pema Chodron, Children, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Henri J. M. Nouwen. Brand new offering: Spiritual Literacy Practice Circle for those seeking companions on their spiritual journey. Teleconference with John Dear. New Books by Anne Lamott, Edward Hays, Roger Housden, and more.

March 22, 2007: Happy First Birthday to Spirituality & Practice
Our version of an annual report. What we've accomplished in the first year of this website and what's coming in the year ahead.

March 16, 2007: The Zen Students Who Tried Not to Talk
New map on the Monastic Life and the film Into Great Silence. A conversation between Andrew Harvey and Caroline Myss on "The Compelling Power of Teresa of Avila." The spiritual practice of keeping custody of the tongue. Practices and interviews available at our sister sites.

February 11, 2007: The Prince Who Learned the Price of Anger
Urgently Needed: A Peace Surge to Stop an Attack on Iran. S&H Book Group Free Teleconference with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. Practicing Love on Valentine's Day. A novel by Nora Gallagher and a commentary on the Tao Te Ching by Byron Katie and more new books reviewed.

February 3, 2007: The Monk Who Didn't Know the Earth Is Round
A quote and an image every day in February for National Heart Month. Naming the Days for Superbowl Sunday and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Birthday. Practicing Spirituality with Thomas Merton practive circle forums take off. DVD Bonanza.

January 26, 2007: The Sticks That Can't Be Broken
Frederic's account of his journey "Into the Far Country of Surgery" during his recent hospitalization, plus how he learned to honor his "Good Flesh." Our Sharing Forums for your practices. Oscar picks. Henri Nouwen's birthday. Four ways to support SpiritualityandPractice.com.

January 15, 2007: The Child Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Our new S&P Community Area -- how to sign our Guest Book. Practicing Spirituality with Thomas Merton. Best Spiritual Books of 2006. Teaching as a Spiritual Practice -- the movie Freedom Writers, prayers and ideas for Practicing Diversity, and a Map with links to 18 movies about teachers.

December 23, 2006: The Monk, the Peasant, and the Cup of Oil
The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2006. A spiritually literate understanding of Santa Claus. SpiritualityandPractice.com's Sister Sites. Give an end-of-the-gift to support this work.

December 9, 2006: Showing Respect to the Taxi Driver
Spiritually Literate Gifts and Holiday Gift Suggestions. Welcome to the Desktop Spa and HealthJourneys.com. Donate to SpiritualityandPractice.com. A few of our best films of the year selections. Books on spiritual direction and connecting with the natural world. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner's novel Kabbalah: A Love Story. Giving On-Demand E-Courses.

November 27, 2006: Paintings on the Sultan's Walls
Giving the gift of Spiritual Literacy. Talking to God: Portrait of a World in Prayer review and photograph gallery. Download available now of Sue Monk Kidd teleconference. The Fountain, Happy Feet, and other new films.

November 12, 2006: The Two Fighting Dragons
Emailing yourself reviews. Spirituality & Health Book Groups program resources for Firstlight: The Early Inspirational Writing of Sue Monk Kidd, including an upcoming free teleconference. 26 Ways to Practice Thanks-giving. The beginning of the end-of-the-year film rush. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Lassie, The Da Vinci Code, and other new DVDs.

October 23, 2006: The Golfer Who Was Just Lucky
New Viewer's Guides, Reader's Guides, and Models for the Spiritual Literacy DVDs. The Challenge of Humility. Sweet Land and other new films. Rabble-rouser for Peace, the authorized biography of Desmond Tutu. An Omaha Indian ritual for introducing a child to the universe.

October 10, 2006: How in Helping Others, We Receive Help Ourselves
Spiritual literacy in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. How Not to Worry. What the Amish Are Teaching America. In movie theaters: The Queen, The Last King of Scotland, 40 Up, and more. Books on Quaker spirituality, awe, perseverance, and women's friendships.

September 24, 2006: What to Do When It's Completely Dark Outside
Naming the Days features for a meaningful Saturday: first full day of Rosh Hashanah, first day of Ramadan, first day of autumn. Jesus Camp documentary. Parker Palmer on "The Fundamentalist as 'Other." An ethicist questions CBS's Survivor. Quotes on the light.

September 15, 2006: The Value of Being Useless
Will the next big words in spirituality be from Taoism? Iraq veterans speak truth to power in The Ground Truth. Clips of Mary Ann's movie segments on New Morning. The little movie Aurora Borealis. Blog about us!

September 10, 2006: A Sufi Elder on Wisdom vs. Action and a Desert Monk on Spiritual Warfare
Practices and reflections for the anniversary of 9/11. Art meditation on Frederick Franck's "After 9/11, Pieta for Iraq and Darfur, and Solstice." Books and films about 9/11. Meditations about Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

September 4, 2006: The Old Man Who Said "We Shall See"
All about Values & Visions Circles and Values & Visions Guides to movies available online. Our Updates column or why to bookmark the homepage. New E-Course on Practicing Spirituality with Taoists. Labor Day. The Spiritual Practice of Keeping Silent. I Am Prayers.

August 25, 2006: Mullah and the Donkeys
Kent Nerburn's The Hidden Beauty of Everyday Life, the first selection of the Spirituality & Health Book Groups. National Dog Day and 21 DVDs about dogs with soul. Gift book suggestions. Vajra Sky Over Tibet and other new films. Time to take an on-demand Practicing Spirituality e-course.

August 14, 2006: The Fugitive and the Rabbi
How the Spiritual Literacy DVDs are being used in prisons. Talking with Children about War. Thich Nhat Hanh's The Coconut Monk. Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. Fear Busters.

July 24, 2006: How to Tell When the Night Has Ended
Spiritual Literacy in Wartime section added to website. Six collections of wartime prayers and meditations. Step into the story of M. N. Shyamalan's Lady in the Water. Practice suggestions from Rabbi Rami Shapiro's The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness.

July 9, 2006: Teaching the King's Horse to Fly
A collection of inspirational quotes on the spiritual practice of generosity. About the Practices of the Day archive. Superman Returns and needs some help from his friends. His Holiness the Dalai Lama added to the Living Spiritual Teachers Project.

June 24, 2006: The Boy and the Stuck Truck
About the practice suggestions in the Practicing Spirituality through Creativity e-course. Learning to be content. The soulful, spiritual music of Leonard Cohen. The imagination and creativity of Thomas Moore.

June 17, 2006: The Shoemaker Who Knew It's Still Possible to Mend
Remembering a Spiritual Master: Frederick Franck. Car Spirituality. Spiritual Practices for Summertime plus Learning to Be Content and Cutting Expectations. DVD Film Festival for Father's Day.

June 9, 2006: What Is the Color of Apples?
New E-Course on Practicing Spirituality through Creativity. Inspiration from the Network of Spiritual Progressives Conference. Gardening as a spiritual practice. Spiritual Children's Books.

May 16, 2006: Jesus Wouldn't Have Talked to Mary Magdalene That Way
The Marvels and the Mysteries of The Da Vinci Code. Honoring all our mothers. A Meinrad Craighead gallery. New DVDs on grief, Helen Keller, and a wild cheetah.

May 13, 2006: The Cook Who Made the Most Wonderful Hash
A special issue of the e-newsletter with the story of how we came to be distributing the 6-DVD series based on our book Spiritual Literacy plus an invitation to join us in developing models for its use.

April 27, 2006: The Holy Man and the Critic
Two best-of-the-year movies: Akeelah and the Bee and Water. Our meditation on United 93. Thich Nhat Hanh's poem "Please Call Me by My True Names" on Spiritual Literacy DVDs.

April 20, 2006: The Monk's Umbrella
The importance of attention. Frederick Buechner on how trees are happy to see us. Mary Oliver's poetry. New in Paperback. Earth Day.

April 12, 2006: The God Who Loves Root Beer
Megan McKenna's stories and witness. Remembering William Sloane Coffin. Compassion and Holy Week.

April 3, 2006: The Rabbi Who Hummed and Danced
National Poetry Month. The precanned search and the spiritual lessons in html.

March 20, 2006: The Prisoner and the Prayer Rug
Launch week at Spirituality & Practice. Tour the site.