I read Three Cups of Tea over the Christmas holidays. What a fabulous gift it was to read about the tremendous difference one life, Greg Mortenson, has made in an important part of the world. …

Reinhold Niebuhr’s Moral Man and Immoral Society is considered to be a classic in the Christian Ethics field. Written more than seventy years ago in 1932, Niebuhr’s message is so timeless much of it could have been written yesterday. His insights regarding over-consumption, unbridled self-determinism, and our unstable technological civilization seem particularly insightful and poignant for anyone engaged in the environmental movement today.

Paul Hawken’s latest book, Blessed Unrest – How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, is a treasure of hope and wisdom. …

by Carol Hohle
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a delightful, attention grabbing read that let me travel through Italy, India and Indonesia in the span of a weekend all from the comfort of my backyard lawn chair!  Gilbert’s writing style is amusing, witty and intelligent.  And, I marvel at her outgoing spirit.
This memoir/travelogue [...]

Summer’s here! It’s Memorial Day weekend and I’m finished with spring semester at graduate school. Classes ended a week ago and even though I feel like I’ve done enough reading in the past couple months to last for the rest of the year I’ve already checked out a bunch of books at the library. Here’s what’s in my reading stack …

The notion of community as an antidote for despair and depression intrigues me. What is it about community and friendship that act as a healing balm to despair and depression? And, how does faith contribute to recovery?