Care of the Soul

Creating a richer life and a more beautiful world.

by Thomas Moore

Sexual Anxiety

Last week I gave a series of lectures to a group of pastoral counselors, hospital chaplains, and theology professors, and their students. I spoke for about two and a half hours about their calling to the seriously ill and emphasized the need for a spiritual counselor to understand narrative, ritual, and symbol. Read More

Therapy for World Politics

I have often wondered why doctors and other medical professionals are not the most vocal environmentalists in the world. They know firsthand what disease does to a life, how much suffering is involved, and how tragically children are left without parents and marriages end in death. They know that many of our illnesses are due to toxins in our water and air and foods. Read More

Lighten Up with Gravitas

Whenever election time comes along I feel as though a mammoth meat cleaver has split me in two. I'm fascinated by the process and can't get enough news fast enough, and yet I'm depressed by the way candidates talk and the public reacts. This time the appearance of Sarah Palin on the scene really sent me into some kind of fugue state that hardly seems real. Read More