Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

Here’s the advertising copy you’ll find inside a carton of “Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs.” “Our girls spend an absurd amount of time singing and chatting. Each day begins with a stretch, a wing flap (and for some an attempted flight). The remainder of the day consists of gab, chat, gossip, singing, and blather…The amount…

Thanks to Mary Ann Brussat for introducing me to “The Jerusalem Candle of Hope,” an unusual joint-venture, $36 dollar product crafted by Israeli and Palestinian women to raise money for needy Israeli and Palestinian families, as well as foster greater Middle East understanding. “This candle is an expression of people’s willingness to overcome anger and…

I encourage you to read Dexter Filkins’s flattering review of Lawrence Wright’s new book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.” Here’s a salient passage of the review that should get you talking… Just as dramatic as the portraits of bin Laden and Zawahiri is Wright’s account of the roots of Islamic militancy…

You cannot imagine what a queen of the earth I was when I was 12 years old…Ah! how you would have loved me, and how I miss myself!—Colette I’ve heard that whenever a woman feels indecisive or depressed, she should recall who she was when she was 12. At 12, you’re in touch with the…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners