Yesterday, a student of mine, herself a lapsed Catholic now more of a yoga and meditation practitioner, rather indignantly asked me what I thought of Nicki Minaj's…

The 3D release of Star Wars, The Phantom Menace hit theaters this weekend and appears to be a success. Before anyone saw it--or the other two prequels, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith--there was a lot of hype about the tremendous number of …

Today, George Lucas releases a new 3D version of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in movie theaters across the country. This follows on the heels of the Star Wars films recent release on Blu-Ray, instantly becoming the bestselling set of all time, obliterating all previous records. So this creates the occasion to explore the spiritual meaning of the Star Wars films. I'll do that in this post and the next, from two very different angles.



The Phantom Menace,…

I was in my doctor's waiting room the other day and staring me in the face was the obligatory copy of People magazine (is a People subscription an official requirement for doctors to get their board certifications?), this one being a recent issue with Demi Moore on the cover and promising to give us the "real story" of her recent emergency call, breakdown, and trip to a recovery…