Kate Ledger’s Remedies will shake you up a bit. [The paperback is coming out August 3rd; hence the renewed recommendation by the St. Paul Pioneer Press yesterday.] [Update 1.11.11: This article is now gone. Go get the book and see for yourself!] Heartbreaking and painful at times, joyous and freeing at times, it whisks you […]
What I’ve Been Up To
See that swimmer in the above picture? Yep. Not me. That’s what I’ll look like soon, though. I’ve been practicing. This past weekend, I took the most amazing two-day swim workshop sponsored by Total Immersion and the YWCA of Minneapolis. Total Immersion’s claim is that they’ll teach you to be efficient in the water, so […]
Spirituality of Parenting
Two years ago, I listened to Krista Tippett’s Speaking of Faith’s podcast on “The Spirituality of Parenting.” The guest was Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, and she and Krista discussed possible ways of fostering and nurturing spirituality in families with no religious tradition and in families with parents of different religious traditions. The broadcast was all […]
Blogs for a Sunday
I keep a running list of blog mainstays on my main blog page, but recently I received a small pay-it-forward type of blog award, so I thought I’d take this Sunday morning to share some of my current reads…and to share the love. The award comes with certain rules, which I am blatantly ignoring (so […]
A Theory of Everything
Recently I’ve done a few posts on empathy and inclusivity, so now I thought I’d tackle the science behind it all. If that makes your eyes glaze over, don’t worry, I’ll explain it as clearly as I can. Don’t you want to know how science can be integrated with spirituality? Or is it just me? […]