Posted in Inspiration, Personal Growth, Relationships, Uncategorized, tagged andy andrews, ny times bestseller, the noticer on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NY Times bestselling author Andy Andrews has taken his personal struggles and turned them into hope. In this video, Andrews tells the story of those personal hardships and how he made it through tough economic times.
His latest book, The Noticer, his second bestseller, is based on his own remarkable true story of his accidental meeting of a man named Jones who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Learn from them what is worth learning, but above all love them. This love will be returned to you a thousand times over. Whatever your life may become, these books— of this I am certain—will weave through the web of your unfolding.They will be among the strongest of all threads of your experiences, disappointments, and [...]
Posted in Book News, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged emotions, healing, Spirituality, wellness on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GBiBT is happy to host a guest article from Vaishali the author of Wisdom Rising and You Are What You Love. She is also a natural health & wellness practitioner and radio host of “You Are What You Love” on heard weekly on KTLK 1150am Sunday 11-noon PST in greater LA and Santa Barbara and [...]
Posted in Book News, Inspiration, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhism, death penalty, death row, foster care, innocence, insitutionalized, that bird has my wings on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This September, San Quentin death row inmate, Jarvis Jay Masters published the remarkable story of his journey to faith and spiritual freedom, THAT BIRD HAS MY WINGS: the Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row. By his enlightened tone and perspective, one would not imagine that the path he traveled to reach this point was so fraught [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week the awful news surfaced that as of October 2nd, the public library system in the city of Philadelphia would be CLOSED due to difficulties balancing the city budget. No books, no computers, no librarians – layoffs were to abound. The sad news was compouded by the national economic slump and the fact that [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Uncategorized, tagged bryan douglas, charity, craigslist, motivation on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doing Good Works: Small Acts That Make a Big Difference
By Bryan Douglas with Sean Elliot Martin
“Pay it forward” is a familiar concept. However, author Bryan Douglas decided to take the idea to heart. He actually went looking for people who needed help – on Craiglist. When he found five people who sincerely needed help, he [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who doesn’t love an expertly curated list to help inform your next book shopping trip? Newsweek has compiled a thoughtful list of titles they think will “open a window on the times we live in, whether they deal directly with the issues of today or simply help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways.”
From The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“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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