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Category: video links

  • Where the Wild Things Are: The Movie

    Perhaps I’m the last to know … but I came across this today and it brought a huge smile to my face – Where the Wild Things Are is coming out as a movie in October of this year. What’s super amazing is the talent involved. The original book, by…

  • Music and Life by Alan Watts and the Makers of South Park

    In preparing for a retreat, I often accumulate a lot of delightful things that fit the theme, but can’t always find the perfect place to share them within the weekend format. This little movie, “Music and Life,” is one of those gems. I first saw it on Jess Gonacha’s blog,…

  • Friday Music: Earl J. Rivard

    This Friday, I bring you the music of a dear friend, Earl J. Rivard. Earl and I met working on retreats together, and he is a gifted and amazing singer and song writer. My very favorite cover that Earl does is “Fly like a bird,” but alas I do not…

  • “O Beauty Ever Ancient,” a Video From the New Year’s Retreat

    At our New Year’s retreat, we did a lot of group work with doors – each person chose an image of a doorway or gate or threshold as they arrived the first evening. This item helped break people into “teams” (small groups), and had a quote about thresholds or journeys…

  • Ram Dass speaks in Maui

    While we were in Maui in October, we had the priviledge of hearing Ram Dass speak. He’s had a stroke, so he speaks slowly. I truly found his words and speaking inspiring. After his time on stage, he exited to the hall, and was signing autographs and spending time with…

  • Environmentalism and Religion

    Al Gore did a wonderful and insightful job with discussing climate change in “An Inconvenient Truth.” How I wish I’d asked him more about his thoughts that one day I had an elevator ride with him in our office building over at the Current TV building… Instead I became instantly…