Cleanliness is Consciousness

Google ‘cleanse’ and you will find page after page of diets that claim to melt off extra pounds and give you a youthful glow. We’ve got plenty of body programs to choose from, but what about a cleanse for our minds and spirits?
Bestselling author Debbie Ford has answered that call. In her new practical and [...]

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NY Subway Now Offering FREE Books in Bad Times

With a folding table and sign reading “Free Books for Your Commute” a New York woman, Buku Sarkar, is in the early stages of building a new organization, ‘Choose What You Read NY.’ Part recycling effort, recession relief and literacy project, CWYRNY, collects old books and distributes them to subway riders on the first Tuesday [...]

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More Summer Reading: Pres. Obama’s Vacation Stack

It’s all over the web this morning, what is President Obama reading during his 10 days of R&R in Martha’s Vineyard? The New Yorker’s book blog, The Book Bench, shares a list of five titles he plans to (try to) unwind with. 
The mixture of escapism and reality includes Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need [...]

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WaPo’s Judy Woodruff Late-Summer Reading Suggestions

Renowned television journalist Judy Woodruff who has led an esteemed career reporting on politics at CNN, PBS, and NBC put together a summer reading list for the Washington Post’s Short Stack column.
The books, which include a few classics, some new novels and non-fiction, will bring inspiration to an un-summery political/economic climate and will hopefullly offer [...]

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Whirlwinds and Small Voices

“This daughter-father team of Amy McConkey Robbins and Clarence McConkey write about the spiritual challenges of people who do healing and sometimes heartbreaking work… from a place of such deep candor, faith and hope that their words will speak to people in every walk of life. Taking us through the rhythms of creation and re-creation, [...]

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