New York City got twenty-odd inches of snow on Sunday, and the city’s plows have thrown tons of white powder off the streets and onto our parked cars. Five-foot banks of snow have settled on either side of the sidewalks too, and our dog Chester is confused. Nothing smells familiar. I avoided the snow nearly…

I didn’t see the recent film in which Reese Witherspoon plays some kind of girlfriend who comes back from the dead, but I happen to remember that the editors of Beliefnet.com deemed it “paranormally incorrect.” Do not despair! If you’re still in the mood for a spiritually complex, but highly romantic life-after-death film for Valentine’s…

“Once, years ago, I emerged from the woods in the early morning at the end of a walk and–it was the most casual of moments–as I stepped from under the trees into the mild, pouring-down sunlight I experienced a sudden impact, a seizure of happiness. It was not the drowning sort of happiness, rather the…

The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. has a wonderful website with broadband selections that keep growing in significance. It’s marvelous that a gothic cathedral can also have the latest in computer tech. Look at the menu of offerings: A filmed revival service called “The Rebirth of New Orleans,” a three-woman conversation on caring for the…

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