New Religious Movements

Scientists are beginning to discover what believers have known for a long time: the rewards that a religious life can provide. For millennia, people have turned to priests, rabbis, imams, shamans, and others to help them deal with issues of grief and loss, birth and death, morality and meaning. In this absorbing work, DeSteno reveals how numerous religious practices from around the world improve emotional and physical well-being.

The education system is broken. People are quick to agree with that statement. They might even have their own opinions on why it's true. Yet they keep feeding kids into that broken system hoping to get better results. Why is anyone surprised that broken systems create broken kids? We wring our hands, point fingers, and never get around to fixing the system. Angie Taylor has spent more than 30 years in education and knew firsthand what wasn't working. She watched as kids with potential were lost in the system.