Phil Fox Rose writes the What Works personal spirituality column at Busted Halo. He is Assistant Coordinator for the New York City Chapter of Contemplative Outreach, and writes, edits and provides spiritual direction in NYC. Phil has also been a political party leader, videographer, web developer, tech journalist, punk roadie, software designer, sheepherder, stockbroker and downtempo radio DJ. Follow Phil on Twitter here.

November 24th, 2008 Forming A More Perfect Union For families divided by politics, gathering together this holiday season provides both challenges and opportunities I worry about the holidays this year. My relatives are an eclectic bunch, pretty evenly split—to use crude and somewhat useless political labels—between the Left ...