Jeanne Miller-Clark and her staff host a weekly “Ancient Ritual of High Tea” for people living with cancer and their caregivers. Silence, reflection, and contemplation while sipping tea help people notice each moment. Jeanne serves tea in beautiful teacups from around the world, donated by patients and their families. Jeanne is pictured with a cancer patient who donated a teacup from her great grandmother. For more on how spiritual care is linked with health care, see this New York Times article. (You need to register, but it's free.)

Philip Culbertson helpfully (circa 1992) lists twelve stumbling blocks that inhibit the development of a healthy masculine spirituality within the Christian tradition. Despite many of the issues arising from the late 1980’ the list does in some measure begin to get at the “false masculine” and thus the obstacles and opportunities we face as males in becoming more fully human, alive, and free.

Read the list here.

Meditation has been around for thousands of years, but not so long ago extended retreats or programs that banned speech were reserved for aging rock stars or college students on the ten-year plan. And while the practice isn't exactly mainstream in corporate America, more and more executives are open to anything that might help them thrive in - or temporarily disconnect from - today's BlackBerry-addled ADD business climate.

Read more about meditation in the corporate world here.