By Kerry Weber (Loyola, 2014) Kerry Weber has set the bar for Lenten fasts extraordinarily high in Mercy in the City. In her concise, quick moving, and often...
Arts & Culture
Looking for a new book? Here are some you may want to consider in your search: April 2014 Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological...
Can you enjoy a song or movie without supporting the person who created it? Let your conscience be your guide. Last summer I found myself in a Twitter debate...
Directed by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2014) They didn’t storm the beaches at Normandy or liberate Paris. But the real-life “Monuments Men”—a special...
By Stanley Hauerwas (Seabury Books, 2013) It’s a weird thing to review a book of sermons, let alone one written by a theologian known less for preaching...
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (Daptone Records, 2014) If what the people want is music with deep roots, honest emotions, and spiritual fire, then this album...
By Robert Calderisi (Yale University Press, 2013) At the end of Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development, economist and former World Bank...
Looking for a new book to cuddle up with during the final stretch of this never-ending winter? Here are some new releases for March that you might want to pick...
Ten years after the release of The Passion of the Christ, a renewed interest in biblical films has landed Jesus back in Hollywood. On Ash Wednesday, February...
Directed by John Lee Hancock (Walt Disney Studios, 2013) It’s not hard to find a film that centers on someone who is suffering. In fact, it’s...
