This Saturday's spiritual supplement is about rehearsing... rehearsing responses to your questioners. Have you seen The Butler yet? In the film they show young students being taught how to be insulted, spit upon, even beaten, in preparation for their protests. I've...

Because some of our members have requested this, I am listing 10 of the most helpful books I could find in my library about committed relationships. I'm sure there must be some missing that we've loaned out. But here's what I got. (Now, I want to assert that the best...

Lisa just finished this book by Anita Moorjani called "Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing". Lisa says this one is very good and sensible. She could hardly put it down. I've just started it. But I'm going to give you a quote from the...

Here's a good Saturday Spiritual Supplement. Try this. Last night I wrote a tweet, "Just remove one overused clichéd word from your vocabulary, like the word "believe", and see how it helps shape a new way of thinking." Actually, even though deconstruction is a scary...

After Lisa and I read the super-amazing little paperback, "How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk", we changed the way we communicated, not only with your kids, but with each other and other people. It revolutionized our speech. But more than...

It was a pleasure to watch this video of Viktor Frankl, a man I highly respect. His book Man's Search For Meaning is still one of the most important books in my library. How can you "overestimate" a certain person in your life?

Lisa and I read one of our favorite authors, Anne Lamott's new book, "Help. Thanks. Wow. The Three Essential Prayers." Here's a paragraph from her preface that I think you'll appreciate: You may in fact be wondering what I even mean when I use the word "prayer". It's...

Today's Saturday Spiritual Supplement is about nature. The times I feel most immediate, sane and in touch with the Unnamable is on a clear night, absolute silence, under the moon and the stars, particularly in winter. I may or may not be smoking my pipe. Alone....

For our Saturday Spiritual Supplement today I want to talk about Byron Katie's "The Work". A few of you have mentioned her so I thought I would introduce the rest of you to Katie and The Work. It is an effective tool. One of her favorite quotes for me is, "Reality is...