Books and literature

The Great Awakening

By Jim Wallis (HarperOne, 2008) Jim Wallis' prayers seem to have been answered. In 2005 the founding editor of Sojourners magazine decried the state of...

Shelf life

 “Modern spiritual classics” recommended by Kathleen Norris, Martin E. Marty, Joyce Rupp, Joan Chittister, and other prominent U.S. Catholic...

An all-you-can-read buffet

On the feast of the Corpus Christi last year Pope John Paul II called for a special year dedicated to the Eucharist, and Christians looking to nourish their...

Bad news on the rise

A long line has formed at the information desk at Borders, so I wait my turn behind a student studying her syllabus and a tourist-type, probably looking for a...

Family secrets

When the news about our recently named Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's Jewish roots exploded in early February, I scurried to my book of quotes to...