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May 2013

May 22, 2013

21 Ways to Worship

Anytime people start talking about Eucharistic Adoration, one question always seems to come up: "A...

May 13, 2013

More or Less

It was the Saturday before Easter, as I recall. I had rolled out of bed...

May 10, 2013

3 Great New Catholic Books for Kids

Lately, the hardest part about reviewing children's books is that my eight-year-old finds the basket...

May 04, 2013

7 Books Mom’s Sure to Love

The first part of this year has seen a quite amazing batch of books coming...

May 03, 2013

God’s Favorite Place on Earth

Last week, if you had asked me, in all seriousness, where God's favorite place was...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Imitating Mary

Try to imagine for a second how today's culture would respond to something like Mary's...

April 26, 2013

Recent Reads: Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction

I've had a reading "crush" on YA fiction for quite some time. And given the...

April 19, 2013

Recipe for Joy (and a chance to win it)

Recipe for Joy: A Stepmom's Story of Finding Faith, Following Love, and Feeding a Family looked...

April 17, 2013

Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious

I can tell you already that one of the books on my "Best of 2013"...

April 13, 2013

Encounter: A Middle School Bible Study

My first exposure to Mark Hart was when our youth ministry and director of religious...

April 11, 2013

A Garden of Visible Prayer

Two summers ago, I bought two copies of A Garden of Visible Prayer: Creating a Personal...

April 10, 2013

Walking Toward Eternity

Walking Toward Eternity: Engaging the Struggles of Your Heart, written by Jeff and Emily Cavins and...

April 02, 2013

Catholics Come Home, the book

I've been a fan of Catholics Come Home for quite a while, so when I...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Snippet Reviews of Recent Reads

Here's some snippet reviews of books I've finished in the last week: 33 Days to...

March 13, 2013

My Sisters the Saints by Colleen Carroll Campbell

I'm always a little scared, lately, when I agree to read something that is either...

March 12, 2013

Alister McGrath’s Biography on C.S. Lewis

I've been fascinated with C.S. Lewis in a arms-length sort of way for quite some...

February 2013

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 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 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...

January 2013

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 26, 2013

Flight of the Earls

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

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 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

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...

December 2012

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 19, 2012

The Seven Deadly Sins: A Visitor’s Guide

With The Seven Deadly Sins: A Visitor's Guide, author Lawrence Cunningham has prepared a resource that,...

December 13, 2012

Catholic Spiritual Practices

I'll be honest: I probably wouldn't have picked up Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of...

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