The light bulb guys stopped by my house, and replaced 32 incandescent bulbs with energy-conserving fluorescents. They seemed to be feeling pretty good about themselves. And now, my house is aglow with a fluorescent haze that works better in some rooms than in others. As you may recall, New York City’s utility company, fearing another…

Send in your own religious family history and I’ll try to post it. Here are a few of the family religious histories I’ve received so far. Says reader 360: “Well, my ‘rents were non-practicing Catholics…Even now I dislike Christianity and find Buddhism more relevant and refreshingly non-divisive. So I guess I am planting a new…

A good book to break open for Valentine’s Day is David Deida’s “Finding God Through Sex,” with a forward by Ken Wilber. Here’s a minute sampling: “Sex can offer an openness that washes your heart wide to God, and yet sex is also where your tightest fears can hold you back.” Ain’t it the truth?…

Spiritual powerhouse Caroline Myss, author of “Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can,” and most recently, “Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul,” is on a sweeping speaking tour through Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, and Tampa. I highly advise you…

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