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May 2015

May 27, 2015

Book Review – The Drama of Salvation

I had certainly been looking forward to Jimmy Akin’s newest book The Drama of Salvation:...

May 21, 2015

Book Review: St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Chesterton takes on a challenging task in writing a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi....

May 06, 2015

Book Reviews: Finding Happiness and First Cause Arguments

Finding True Happiness: Satisfying Our Restless Hearts (Happiness, Suffering, and Transcendence) by Fr. Robert J....

May 01, 2015

Book Review: Triumph by H. W. Crocker III

Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H. W. Crocker III...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Book Review – The Coup at Catholic University

As a convert to the faith I have become quite interested in the history of...

April 24, 2015

Book Review: City Beyond Time by John C. Wright

City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis by John C. Wright Nothing lasts...

April 20, 2015

Book Review – Scripture: God’s Handbook for Evangelizing Catholics

Stephen J. Binz’s book Scripture–God’s Handbook for Evangelizing Catholics is one that in my review...

April 16, 2015

Book Review: Tweeting with God

I have often heard on Catholic radio that the size of the Catechism of the...

April 02, 2015

Book Review: Megillat Esther

Megillat Esther by JT Waldman Esther's story is set during the Babylonian Exile, when the...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Book Review: Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon...

March 21, 2015

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Genesis is the source for many illustrated...

March 18, 2015

Book Review: The Reality of God

When I see a book about about the scientific evidence for God I have some...

March 02, 2015

Book Reviews – Here and There

Bergoglio’s List - Nello Scavo This book investigates the time from when Fr. Jorge Bergoglio...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Book Review: Messiah: Origin adapted by Matt Dorff

Messiah: Origin adapted and edited by Matt Dorff, translations by Mark Arey, art by Kai...

February 25, 2015

Book Review: Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer Adler

Aristotle of Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy by Mortimer J. Adler Writing a comprehensive and...

February 21, 2015

McCammon’s Acknowledgements

For a while on my book wish list sat one called Swan Song by Robert...

February 20, 2015

Book Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Before there was the blockbuster movie, there was the book it came from--The Wonderful Wizard...

February 17, 2015

Book Review – Redeemed by Grace

There is one genre that I would like to see grow and then have no...

February 16, 2015

Book Review – 40 Days, 40 Ways

Once again Lent is coming around again in it’s a annual cycle. Yet with Easter...

February 09, 2015

Book Review: If Aristotle’s Kid Had an iPod by Conor Gallagher

If Aristotle's Kid Had an iPod: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents by Conor Gallagher A...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Book Review: James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl James Henry Trotter had a happy childhood...

January 22, 2015

Book Review: In This House of Brede

Phillipa Talbot is a successful British woman who is a mid-level bureaucrat in the government,...

January 21, 2015

Book Review – Memoirs of a Happy Failure

When I first came across Alice Von Hildebrand while watching Mother Angelica Live I was...

January 13, 2015

Book Review – Transforming Parish Communications

My conversion to the faith and the rise of the Internet and social networking occurred...

January 09, 2015

Book Review: The Art of Roughhousing

Modern life is rather sedentary. Kids are more likely to sit in front of big...

January 07, 2015

Book Review: The Accidental Marriage

A lesbian couple in San Francisco decides to have a baby but money is tight....

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Book Review – Manual for Spiritual Warfare

One of the gems I got for review late last year was A Year With...

December 22, 2014

Book Review – Joy to the World

For the last two years my habit has been to re-read Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus...

December 15, 2014

Book Review – Practical Theology

For some book reviews I am almost tempted just to mention that some author has...

December 12, 2014

2 Great Prayer Resources from Word Among Us Press

Sarah Reinhard shares two great resources for deepening your prayer life using scripture, available from...

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