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June 2014

June 25, 2014

Great Summer Reads: The Screwtape Letters

Though I don't exclusively read fiction in the summer, I always want to. This summer's no...

June 04, 2014

Review: Something Other Than God

I almost always enjoy reading conversions stories as a full length book. While you usually...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Starship Grifters

Starship Grifters (A Rex Nihilo Adventure) by Robert Kroese Almost everything about this book amused me....

May 19, 2014

Innocence

Innocence: A Novel by Dean Koontz I specifically bought this book based on an interview...

May 13, 2014

A Few of My Favorite Mary Books

Over the years, I've gathered quite a library of Mary books. In fact, they have...

May 10, 2014

Celebrating Mary and Pilgrimaging to Jesus

I love May for a LOT of reasons, not least of which because it's a...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Books for Praying Stations of the Cross with Children

You know what I love about our Catholic faith? There's always next year. Or next...

April 11, 2014

The Adventure Bible Handbook

Now that my oldest, who's nine and in the third grade, is an avid reader,...

April 09, 2014

Book Review: Catholicism

This partial review is part of a blog tour for the recently released paperback edition...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads

From the back cover of Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads: Pope Francis...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Review: Lent at Ephesus

If you own or have heard either of the two albums by “Benedictines of Mary,...

February 25, 2014

Review: The Romance of Religion

Fr. Dwight Logenecker’s new book The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty...

February 13, 2014

The Gargoyle Code & Other Fun – What to Read this Lent

I'm reminded that Lent is around the corner, and that means you want a book...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Papal Economics, Anyone?

Hey book reading public, I'm working through my review copy of Papal Economics, and I...

January 22, 2014

Answering Atheism

In the aftermath of the slew of books by the so-called new atheists there has...

January 19, 2014

I Don’t Want to be a Hoo-er!* by Elizabeth Scalia

Awkward social moments on the internet, Episode #397. You get a Christmas gift book in...

December 2013

December 07, 2013

“Sophie Wonders” Children’s Books about the Sacraments

Last year, my best friend was the catechist for my daughter's 2nd grade religious education...

December 06, 2013

Saints of Christmas Set from Liguori

Don't you just love books of saints? I'll admit it: I'm a saint book junkie....

December 05, 2013

How Far Is It to Bethlehem (Review & Recommendation)

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a year late with my review of this...

December 04, 2013

Review: The Catechism of Hockey

Metaphors regarding the Church and sports are nothing new. St. Paul certainly used them and...

December 02, 2013

Review: Voyage to Alpha Centaur by Michael O’Brien

In Michael O’Brien’s new book Voyage to Alpha Centauri he enters the genre of Science...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

These Beautiful Bones

Brace yourself, because I didn't just love this book. I am not about to just...

November 22, 2013

More Christianity by Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I returned to the Church through the side door. I had slipped away into agnosticism...

November 21, 2013

3 Books for My Advent

These three books don't scream "Advent." But somehow, as I was digging through the mess...

November 07, 2013

P.G. Wodehouse, Free books!, Amazon, and Hats-in-Church

1. I have homeschooler's syndrome. How do you pronounce "Wodehouse", as in, P.G.? 2. I...

November 06, 2013

God’s Bucket List: Heaven’s Surefire Way to Happiness in This Life and Beyond

Do you have a bucket list? Being a leeeeeeeeeetle bit (read: A LOT) organizationally minded, I...

November 01, 2013

Sinner’s Guide to NFP – Round 2 & a Giveaway

I just finished reading Simcha Fisher's A Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning this week,...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Dear God, I Don’t Get It

My eight-year-old has a sense of when I’m reading a book she’ll like. Dear God,...

October 30, 2013

Mind Over Psyche

Mind Over Psyche is the second in what's promised to be a trilogy. (I'm holding...

October 28, 2013

Faith, Science, and Halloween

Years ago, the big thing at Halloween was receiving the annual Jack T. Chick tract...

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