A Literary Spirit

Purchase As Far as the Heart Can See from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. As Far as the Heart Can See By Mark Nepo Review: Like most talented authors who finally hit the mainstream with a bestselling book, Mark Nepo (who has been writing for decades) is now finally “on the map” after writing the blockbuster…

Purchase The Book of Awakening from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. The Book of Awakening [New edition] By Mark Nepo Review: There are few spiritual books that have the capacity to deeply delight the spiritual seeker.  Although there are many wonderful spiritual writers in America, it is a rare moment when I open a new spiritual…

Purchase Adam & Eve’s First Sunset from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Adam & Eve’s First Sunset Written By Sandy Eisenberg Sasso                       Illustrated by Joani Keller Rothenberg Review:  Often spiritual children’s books can be a bit heavy-handed—with spiritual or moral lessons overshadowing the narrative arc of the story.  Adam and Eve’s First Sunset strikes a delightful…

Purchase Like a Tree from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Like A Tree: How Trees, Women and Tree People Can Save the Planet by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD Review:At the beginning of the book, Shinoda Bolen says that you can describe people in one of two ways: as a “Tree Person,” or “Not a Tree Person.” …

  Purchase Taking Our Places from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up by Norman Fischer Review:Early in Norman Fischer’s book Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, the author describes a scene in which four teenaged boys gather in his office to discuss the…

Hampton Roads PublishingPurchase Crone’s Don’t Whine from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Crone’s Don’t Whine by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD Review:  Shinoda Bolen is a titan in the world of women’s spirituality.  Her book Goddesses from Withinwas a must-read in the seventies when it was first published—and positively influenced an entire generation of women.Crone’s Don’t Whine…

Hampton Roads Publishing Purchase Women’s Spirituality: Power and Grace from the Beliefnet Shopping Mall. Women’s Spirituality by Mary Faulkner Review: Trying to summarize the history of women and spirituality—in 307 pages—is a daunting task. Faulkner dives headfirst into the vast body of literature and thought surrounding this topic and does her best to summarize it.…

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