By Mary Gordon (Pantheon, 2009) What if one of the great Catholic storytellers in America decided to wander through the New Testament in search not of wisdom...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Avett Brothers (Sony, 2009) The Avett Brothers are a sibling pair from North Carolina that for several years has been building a reputation as bluegrass...
Would you like a demonstration of the Catholic belief that everyone has a right to the beauty of God's creation? Visit a national park. This October...
Directed by Drew Barrymore (Fox Searchlight, 2009) In Drew Barrymore’s new film about tattooed Texas lasses on skates, Ellen Page, who played...
By Timothy Beal (HarperOne, 2009) Timothy Beal wants you-to read the Bible. Actually, he's making the case that everybody should. His argument is simple...
Yo La Tengo (Matador Records, 2009) First off, Yo La Tengo is not a salsa band. They're not even Hispanic. They are white, artsy-bohemian types in their...
By Jason Berggren (X Media, 2009) So much for Paul's assertion to the Corinthians that "the greatest of these is love." Jason Berggren openly...
by Rembert Weakland (Eerdmans, 2009) When Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland resigned in May 2002, he did so in the midst of a media firestorm. Earlier that...
by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, and Company, 2008) Malcolm Gladwell likes to explore the hidden patterns behind our daily lives, trying to figure out what...
In choosing a story, simply follow the advice of C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of...


									
									
									
									
									
									
									
									




