When beginning a review of an autobiography, there is a fuzzy area that must be managed. Are you reviewing the book itself, or are you judging the life of the author? Susan Shumsky’s autobiography, Maharishi and Me: Seeking Enlightenment with the Beatles' Guru, makes me...

Succession: Mentoring The Next Generation by Joyce A. Graham is an invaluable text of current day and biblical examples of the role of a leader and mentor through the ages. With role models such as Moses in both the leadership as well as mentor role,...

The Little Book of Stoicism by Jonas Salzgeber offers 'Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness.' Originating in ancient Greece, the philosophy of Stoicism can help you overcome any of life’s challenges. Discover how you can overcome your self-limiting beliefs and control the emotions...

Does God Need Glasses? Evil and Genesis by Richard Mure Exelby explores the proverbial question of evil, a question as old as humanity, and it does so from a completely unique angle. The author explains how he came about formulating the thoughts expressed in this...

The Awakening by David Winston starts with a note that explains what readers will find in the book: "In this book, we will learn about the origins of the universe, what came before the origins of the universe, the meaning of life, what happens after...

Not as well known in the Western world, though becoming more so, Mulla Nasruddin stories have kept people laughing for centuries across the wide Muslim world. The beloved figure with his down to earth, “foolish wisdom” approach to life is universally funny. In Meditate With...

The key to understanding the writings of Giulia Jeary Knap - and especially her book, Looking Beyond the Fishbowl: A New Comforting Perspective on Reincarnation - is her fundamental conclusion: “I … consider human beings as powerful multidimensional spiritual beings, regardless of our physical circumstances.”...

Moral Indignation: Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA, and Christians by Sherman P. Bastarache addresses many of the issues surrounding stem cell research and the religious arguments against it. While Bastarache begins by stating it's not possible to cover all of the disputes that arise on the...

Uncommon Sense: A Theory of Human Purpose by J.R. Miller is not for the intellectually faint of heart. Self-purportedly a kind of academic dispatch from the margins of conventional humanistic understanding, because “through strong objectivity and the outsider-within phenomenon, marginalized individuals are placed in a...

In 2064, the title of the book by Abu Bakr Rawlins, the author projects this is the year a global caliphate will be established. The mission statement of his Islamic organization is: To establish Islamic Shari’ah under the leadership of a rightly guided global caliph....