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Did you know it’s healthy to observe ‘Sabbath’? Martin Doblmeier’s new film shows how ‘Sabbath’ revives us

‘Sabbath is the perfect spiritual technology’ By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine There’s a whole lot of wisdom in the 3,000-year-old Commandment: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” On June 1, filmmaker Martin Doblmeier is debuting his two-hour invitation to Sabbath on public television—at a time when millions of us are overwhelmed with pandemic […]

Howard Brown: Auspicious 18!

Thanks to Shining Brightly author and resilience expert Howard Brown, we all may feel a little better this week as we reach May 18th! How auspicious is 18? Well, let Howard tell you in this episode of his Shining Brightly podcast: . . Care to learn more? This is a perfect moment to become one of Howard’s growing […]

Retired Col. Clifford Worthy, aka ‘The Black Knight,’ receives a Quilt of Valor

All of us, across our community of authors, are celebrating with retired Col. Clifford Worthy as a veterans’ group honored Cliff with a beautiful red-white-and-blue Quilt of Valor. And we want to thank Ham Schirmer for sending us the following report: The handmade quilt was presented to Col. Worthy by a Michigan chapter of Quilts […]

Anita Nowak shows us how ‘Purposeful Empathy’ can change the world

‘Empathy is the innate trait that unites us in our common humanity’ By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine I decided to interview author Anita Nowak the moment I opened her new book, Purposeful Empathy, and found the Foreword by one of my own global heroes: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. He is the Bangladeshi-Bengali banker who pioneered […]

Howard Brown: ‘You’ll want to learn from these two power-house women: Nim Stant and Orit Ramler’

How do we find and focus on our life’s purpose? By HOWARD BROWN Author of Shining Brightly After producing dozens of Shining Brightly podcasts, I want to call special attention this week to two power-house women whose unique missions in life involve helping people to make our world a better place. And, of course, that’s the […]

Babson College: No. 1 for 30 years!

I just had to crow a little bit, this week, in the pages of ReadTheSpirit magazine! My alma mater just hit the 30-year mark of No. 1 rankings as a center for entrepreneurial education. Here’s a link to the official Babson story, headlined: Three Decades at No. 1: Babson Leads Graduate Entrepreneurship Education Readers of […]

Charles Kiser and Elaine A. Heath offer valuable help in ‘Trauma-Informed Evangelism, Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers’

‘Love should be the Guiding Principle’ . By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine First, the bad news: Americans are experiencing more trauma after three years of the pandemic than ever before and that means our communities—and, in particular, our congregations within those communities—are facing challenges that many religious leaders are not equipped to meet. How do […]

‘Sit in the Sun, And Other Lessons in the Spiritual Wisdom of Cats’ is Jon M. Sweeney’s Tour de Feline

, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Often attributed to the Buddha . By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine After Jon M. Sweeney’s more than 40 books on faith and spirituality, his readers around the world have noticed a curious twist: Five of his most recent books are about cats—and, now, it’s a […]

Dawn Eden Goldstein’s ‘Father Ed’ lifts up the saint who befriended Bill W and helped to spread the good news about Alcoholics Anonymous

Journalist and Catholic scholar Dawn Eden Goldstein's 'Father Ed' shares her research into the saintly life of Bill W.'s spiritual advisor.

Choosing Hope Over Doom on Earth Day 2023

Author and pastor Henry Brinton writes about ways we can focus on hope rather than dwelling in doom as Earth Day 2023 approaches.