Peter Flierl, MSW. Prayer, Laughter & Broccoli: Being There When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer. Los Angeles: Witty Fools Productions, 2004. $12 ISBN 0-9745179-0-9A NEW BOOK FOR COUPLES FACING BREAST CANCERA SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR HUSBANDSTake Control. Be there for her.In 1982, Shirley Flierl unwittingly found herself at the leading edge of the trend toward women being diag-nosed at younger and younger ages with breast cancer. At 37, she was too young and too small to have breast cancer. The brutal reality she and her husband, Peter, faced was a Stage 3, aggressive malignancy, breast cancer, with extensive lymph node involvement.Peter Flierl has been Shirleys husband, lover, business partner and best friend for more than 27 years. Despite professional experience in health care and health education, her diagnosis for him was personal, not clinical. Peter was devastated by the news, at a loss about how to help, and fearing the loss of the love of his life. He did not want to become a single Dad for their then three-year-old daughter, Alison. Peter in Prayer, Laughter & Broccoli reflects on and shares his strength, faith, wisdom, courage and common sense with other couples and families battling breast cancer together.Tell her you love her Say Yes Humor Heals CryBe Faithful, Be Monogamous Follow her leadBeing There I love you, not your breastsGo to her appointments Help with your child or childrenEat your broccoli Cook a meal Remember pregnancy cravings? Theyre back.She is not an invalid Take over on chemotherapy nightsLearn from prostitutes Pray She is your trophy wifeUse complementary, alternative or integrative medicineUse the serenity prayer Lemonade from LemonsAnger One Day at a Time Avoid doom and gloomHave fun She is not damaged goods Chivalry is not deadRead Proverbs Read Psalms for Health & HealingBe a good listener Bring her home if she wants to be homeWhat you say Believe in miracles Bride for lifePay it forward Be passionate about life Enjoy the mundaneChemotherapy Radiation Therapy Hormone Therapy Support GroupsYou are both a miracle Synchronicity Thoughtful giftsSpeak up for her and for you Good Patient, Bad PatientMastectomy, Lumpectomy & ReconstructionSex After Breast Cancer AlivePeter Flierl is to matrimony as Emily Post is to manners.Associated Press, 1/8/04Reviewed and recommended as a resource by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer FoundationPlease call 203-273-5168 or 877-733-0528 or e-mail [email protected]

Millions of Christians around the world have discovered Prayer Pups Christian Comics, a daily comic strip created just for them, featuring five little dogs who try to live their lives in a way that is faithful to God's principles. Funny for children and thought-provoking for adults, Prayer Pups is an exciting new way to experience the Word of God...and to share it with others.

In Life, Love, Laughter: Celebrating Your Existence, one of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual teachers shares how humor and wisdom strengthens our lives. In this collection of reflections, Osho’s encouraging and loving stories go far beyond the usual chicken-soup fare. Life, Love, Laughter establishes a new genre of introspective text stripped of all platitudes and clichés, and absolutely in tune with the realities of the twenty-first century. In this artful work, Osho mixes entertainment and inspiration, ancient Zen stories and contemporary jokes to help us to find love, laughter, and ultimately, happiness. Featuring an original talk by Osho on DVD, you’ll experience his direct insight and wit straight from the source. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything. Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life. Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. It is these three prayers – asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us – that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.

How do you solve a problem like Marianna? This year's Advent retreat has been booked for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Hermione of Ephesus at the pastoral Briar Coast Cabin Resorts in New York. But when the combative Sister Marianna practically loses her religion arguing over minor details with resort co-owner Autumn Tassler, Sister Louise “Lou” LaSalle blessedly steps in as peacemaker. Only days later, Autumn is found strangled in her office, and hot-headed Sister Marianna becomes the sheriff’s deputies’ prime suspect. They believe her missing scarf may be the murder weapon, but Sister Lou believes Sister Marianna’s being framed. If she has a prayer of keeping Sister Marianna out of prison, she’ll need to once again put her faith in her nephew Chris LaSalle and reporter Shari Henson to help her solve the case. As the trio tries to cross suspects off the list, Sister Lou has no choice but to stick her neck out—if she’s going to unveil who was desperate enough to resort to murder . . .

Religion is not a science.... Religion is not a science in the sense physics, mathematics and chemistry are sciences. But still it is a science because it is the ultimate knowing: the word science means knowing. And if religion is not a science, what else can be? It is the highest knowing, it is the purest knowing. Ordinary science is knowledge, not knowing: religion is knowing itself. Ordinary science is object-oriented -- it knows something, hence it is knowledge. Religion is not objectoriented; it has no object, it knows nothing. Knowing knows itself, as if the mirror is reflecting itself. It is utterly pure of all content. Hence religion is not knowledge but knowing.

For a happier, healthier life, add more smiles, laughs and humor. That prescription is based on the entertaining talks Dr. Goodman has been giving for the past 20 years. In support of this lofty goal, he supplies a generous helping of practical ideas and inspiring true stories. His message is serious; his method is lighthearted.