March 2012: Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life By James Martin, S.J. Review: If you ever got in...
Books and literature
Between Heaven and Mirth By James Martin, SJ (HarperOne, 2011) Perhaps I am not the best person to review this book. Although not completely humorless, I have...
Learning to Die in Miami By Carlos Eire (Free Press, 2011) In 1962 Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children evacuated from Cuba by Catholic parents who believed...
February 2012: A Dangerous Dozen: 12 Christians who Threatened the Status Quo But Taught Us to Live Like Jesus By the Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, PhD Foreward...
Journey to the Common Good By Walter Brueggemann (Westminster John Knox, 2010) In this compact study, biblical theologian Walter Brueggemann traces a...
Party of One By Beth M. Knobbe (St. Anthony Messenger, 2011) If you are single, this book needs no justification. Though the majority of us inhabit that...
Books have a special way of opening our imaginations to moments of grace in life. Catholics are a sacramental people. We see signs of the presence of God...
How to Go From a Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in 95 Difficult Steps By Christian Smith (Cascade Books, 2011) Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 book The Structure...
Comfort By Brett C. Hoover (Riverhead Books, 2011) Don’t let the fuzzy slippers on the cover fool you: Brett C. Hoover’s book Comfort: An Atlas for the Body...
December 2011: Seeking the Truth of Things: confessions of a (catholic) philosopher By Al Gini Review: While certainly not a textbook, Seeking the Truth of...
