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March 2013

March 01, 2013

Recent Fiction Book Club Picks

After years of waiting and wishing for someone to start a book club near me,...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

The Christus Experiment by Rod Bennett

The Christus Experiment by Rod Bennett My rating: 4 of 5 stars He’s been divinized,...

February 26, 2013

Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery

"Hey, wanna watch a movie?" I'll be honest: I almost didn't agree to it. In...

February 20, 2013

Father Gaetano’s Puppet Catechism by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

This review is of the audiobook edition and originally appeared at SFFaudio. My rating: 3...

February 20, 2013

Introduction to Catholicism for Adults, Chapter 1 Notes

When do you break down and write a book review chapter-by-chapter? When you suspect that...

February 20, 2013

Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko My rating: 4 of 5 stars Loneliness, dejection, the contempt...

February 18, 2013

Choosing Joy

Teilhard de Chardin said many odd things, but when he said “Joy is the infallible...

February 18, 2013

Pope Names

Jimmy Akin put out an ebook last year without publicity that he wrote on the...

February 16, 2013

Living the Beatitudes: A Journey to Life in Christ

I didn't intend to read Living the Beatitudes: A Journey to Life in Christ, by...

February 12, 2013

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

I've been fascinated with things related to personality for years. Back in my undergrad days,...

February 10, 2013

Space Magic by David D. Levine

David D. Levine and I are connected, but he doesn't know it. At the only...

February 09, 2013

Love & Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters

We all need a friend. It's trite, but it's true. To have a friend who...

February 06, 2013

Recall Abortion

RECALL ABORTION: Ending the Abortion Industry’s Exploitation of Women by Janet Morana and published by...

February 04, 2013

The Daughter of Time

With the recent news of the bones of Richard III being found it reminds me...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

The Night Circus

In one of the geek related podcasts I listen to I heard reference to The...

January 29, 2013

Cultivating God’s Garden through Lent

On Friday, I outlined my Lenten reading plan. On Sunday, I read Cultivating God's Garden...

January 28, 2013

The Christus Experiment

When it comes to a plot concerning Jesus and time travel there are about a...

January 26, 2013

Flight of the Earls

Drama. Intrigue. Famine. Flight of the Earls, which is the first in a trilogy by Emmy...

January 17, 2013

Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell

Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell is an excellent introduction to the topic of...

January 16, 2013

Operation Screwtape: The Art of Spiritual War

I first read C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters back in 2006, and I loved it. Not...

January 13, 2013

Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

I thought, as I picked up my copy of Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image,...

January 13, 2013

Century Rain

As a member of Audible I get two audiobooks a month. My book selection for...

January 12, 2013

The Kingdom of Patria Experience

Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits (Kingdom of Patria #1) and Stoop of Mastodon Meadow (Kingdom...

January 11, 2013

War in Heaven

"War in Heaven" is a novel written by Charles Williams in 1930. This was his...

January 11, 2013

Angela’s Song

Great story. Real characters. Good writing. This book was, in some ways, applied Theology of...

January 08, 2013

Terrapin: A Novel I Enjoyed Muchly

(Yes, muchly is a word. At least when you are as delighted by a book...

January 03, 2013

Reviewing “Cool for Cats” by Andrew Ordover

The release of the audiobook, read by author Andrew Ordover, prompted me to update my...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Miskatonic School for Girls

So we were given this game for Christmas: Miskatonic School for Girls. The basic notion...

December 28, 2012

A Season of Mystery

A few months ago, my mother-in-law asked me to write her a book. She's facing...

December 21, 2012

What Jesus Really Said about the End of the World

It is rather understandable when nonbelievers and skeptics look at the New Testament and come...

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