Sticking with the subject of money, click here to see a filmed conversation about poverty and prosperity between spiritual teachers Ram Dass and Wayne Dyer on Ram Dass’s new, beautifully produced website, RamDass.org. Ram Dass, as you no doubt know, was a Harvard professor in the 1960s whose worldly, pretentious ambitions as a striving American…

A few readers object to Christian prosperity gospels and the preached belief that “God wants you rich.” “I’m all for prosperity,” writes steady CM reader Stacey-Robin, “but in a more holistic fashion. Be grateful for what you have and practice good stewardship. Life isn’t neccessarily going to be better with a bigger house or new…

I’m impressed with what I’ve read in Mariel Hemingway’s new book “Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman’s Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life.” This seems a cut above the exercise/diet bibles by other personalities. I was going to say this book is more earnest than most until I recognized…

Do you ever find dimes in your jewelry box, pocket change piled on your dresser, or damp dollar bills crumpled in the washing machine? This weekend, I walked around the house gathering all the bits of abandoned U.S. currency I could find. Then I got the kids to help me sort the coins so we…

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