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A Tiny Prayer for Sidney Poitier By Micah Bucey Blog Post Sidney Poitier died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on January 6, 2022, at the age of 94. The Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador was the first Black person and first Baha…
Variety's Best Movie Scenes of 2015 By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post The staff of Variety, the entertainment trade publication, has put together a list of 14 of 2015's best movie scenes. We were quite interested to take a look at their choices. Years ago when we publ…
True Happiness By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Literary Wisdom True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer
Director of Nomadland Salutes Compassion By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Our favorite spiritual film of 2020 is Nomadland which we summed up as "the remarkable odyssey of a feisty woman who finds community and her true self in her home on the road."
Can't Remember Books, Movies, and TV Shows? By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post There used to be a time when information junkies like us could read a book, watch a movie, or a TV show and the next day share all about the storyline with family, friends, or colleagues. In a fasci…
Commitment By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Mystical Wisdom Our task is to offer ourselves up to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not bother ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but, at every moment, feel only the stroke …
Making Movies that Reflect Human Values By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Haskell Wexler (1922-2015), who died peacefully in his sleep on December 27, was a socially conscious cinematographer who believed in art as a means of reflecting human values. On Common Dreams, Abb…
Dealing with Both Sides of Boredom By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Boredom is like a fog that periodically moves in and drenches everything with a mist; it becomes hard to see clearly. Sam Keen calls boredom "the common cold of the psyche" whereas many psychologist…
In Praise of Doing the Same Thing All the Time By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In a fascinating article on theatlantic.com, Derek Thompson admits to being a creature of repetition when it comes to entertainment. He has almost memorized the movie Dumb and Dumber and is perfectl…
Such a Team of Teachers By Jay McDaniel Blog Post “The purest and truest spiritual life begins with accepting everything that comes to you as a gift and teaching.” — Bradford Keeney in Everyday Soul One of my earliest teachers w…

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