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Wisdom Searches consist of a series of questions and exercises to help reader's access their own life's wisdom as well as a series of short essays in which the author wrote about a number of wisdom themes such as when to speak and when to be silent, how to deal with apparent setbacks, etc.

Why Be Moral is a book that grew out of years of experience of introducing people to issues having to do with morality. The assumption on which the book is based is that thinking is essential for a moral life. Simply going along with what others think or what one might have been taught is not enough. A moral person must think. A moral person must take responsibility. This is a basic requirement of being human.

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Soul care, said Socrates, was the most important activity a human could do. It was far more important than such common human concerns as the desire for money or honor ("likes" on Facebook?).

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Stretching Exercises for the Mind is an attempt to lure people into philosophical thinking by posing a series of questions that call for reflection and discussion. My experiences as a teacher have confirmed over and over again that if people are asked the right questions, their own reflections will produce insights. This is something I learned from Socrates. The book has three parts. Part I is a series of questions for reflection and discussio...

Stretching Exercises for the Mind is an attempt to lure people into philosophical thinking by posing a series of questions that call for reflection and discussion. My experiences as a teacher have confirmed over and over again that if people are asked the right questions, their own reflections will produce insights. This is something I learned from Socrates. The book has three parts. Part I is a series of questions for reflection and discussio...

This book is an attempt to defamiliarize the Christmas stories found in the Bible. Familiarity can result in a diminishment of wonder at the astounding news that God was manifest as a baby in a manger and that the event was announced by angels. The Christmas story is not about something that happened once. It has profound implications for understanding our own divine origin and task. That is why letting oneself be drawn into the stories as if ...

This book is an attempt to defamiliarize the Christmas stories found in the Bible. Familiarity can result in a diminishment of wonder at the astounding news that God was manifest as a baby in a manger and that the event was announced by angels. The Christmas story is not about something that happened once. It has profound implications for understanding our own divine origin and task. That is why letting oneself be drawn into the stories as if ...

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Explorations of some border lines between words and Silence. A variety of images and questions are used to enhance an appreciation of how words are used, what they seem to do best, as well as what they can't quite seem to say.

Philosophical issues" are issues every human faces: Who am I, What should I be doing? What can I expect? How can I get what I really want, How important is attitude? As common as philosophical issues are, finding insight and guidance by actually studying philosophy is not an easy process. The books tend to be long. The arguments are intricate and the language used provides its own challenges. THOUGHT BITES: Some Philosophy Snacks, attempts to ...

Earth, Air, Fire, Water "We were young in wonder." Author Carolyn Sweers grew up on a farm in the 1940s and '50s with the leisure to play, imagine and observe a way of life that has since all but disappeared. Though she would eventually leave the farm for college, she returned for regular visits. She penned the first draft of Earth, Air, Water, Fire, a book of philosophical insights based on that long-vanished rural childhood, some 30 years ag...

The purpose of this little book is to evoke insights on a variety of "philosophical" topics such as: Beginnings, Time, Aspirations, Paths, Challenges, Identity, Relationships, Possessions, Mystery. There are 99 brief selections with wide margins in which readers can add their own comments. The book lends itself to random reading. It is not a systematic treatise. It is written out of the conviction that those insights are truest which evoke won...