Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life By Karen Armstrong (Knopf, 2010) I read Karen Armstrong’s Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life shortly before Osama bin...
Books and literature
Storks in a Blue Sky by Carol Anne Dobson (Appledrane Books, 2008) Storks in a Blue Sky is a historical romance set in England and France in 1763. It won the...
Why Stay Catholic? By Michael Leach (Loyola Press, 2011) A few years ago a Catholic publisher asked Michael Leach to write a book on “101 reasons to be...
The Sexual Believer: Uncommon Reflections On Sexual Morality For Catholics in the Third Millennium By Noel Cooper (CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, 2011)...
The Lily Trilogy Novels, if they are compelling, can threaten to suck up all of a busy mother’s time away from her children. For half a week, I have been...
The Adjustment Bureau Directed by George Nolfi (Universal Pictures, 2011) In director George Nolfi’s movie version of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi tale, Matt Damon...
Pathway to Our Hearts: A Simple Approach to Lectio Divina With the Sermon on the Mount by Archbishop Thomas Collins (Ave Maria Press, 2011) “Lectio...
Inside Job Directed by Charles Ferguson (Sony Pictures Classics, 2010) While accepting the Oscar in February for his extraordinary documentary, Charles...
Adult Faith: Growing in Wisdom and Understanding by: Diarmuid O’Murchu (Orbis Books, 2010). Catholics wondering when their church will rise from...
Fragments of Your Ancient Name: 365 Glimpses of the Divine for Daily Meditation By Joyce Rupp (Sorin Books, 2011) Litanies, or the repeating of various names...
