By Steve Rabey   (RNS) Believers have been writing about their spiritual journeys ever since St. Augustine invented the autobiography 16 centuries ago. Today, spiritual memoirs are enjoying a popular resurrection.   Exhibit A is Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” which describes Gilbert’s midlife meltdown and her subsequent yearlong global quest for food, salvation and…

We are excited about this lovely interview with Laurie Sue Brockway, Beliefnet’s Inspiration Editor (me!), in Psychcentral.com. We appreciate the work of Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, who included us in her terrific column, Weightless. She is devoted to helping her readers love and care for themselves more, and to enhance their self esteem. We are so pleased that she…

When a beloved pet dies, the grief that often follows can be overwhelming. Father Paul Keenan know that all too well when he lost his beloved Teddy–and many cats before him.   So he wrote a book to help comfort those who grieve from the loss of a beloved pet. It would turn out to be…

By Bob Braun PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (RNS): Wearing a bright, floral blouse and pink shorts, Mita Jean Louis stares into a mirror, unmindful of the people around her. She is smiling, and someone asks if she’s smiling because she sees the reflection of such a beautiful young woman.    The smile vanishes.    “I don’t know,” says the…

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