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Book Review: American Pilgrimage
by: Christopher Shannon This is a Catholic history of life in the New World which, as I have learned from...
Christ Came to Visit Me Twice Last Week
Christ came to visit me twice last week. The...
Book Review: Tremendous Trifles
by: GK Chesterton I went in search of this book after reading a quote attributed to it – “A baby is the...
Book Review: Salvation: What Every Catholic Should Know
by: Michael Barber There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be saved. Michael Barber takes the reader through 10 chapters of...
Book Review: The Common Man
by GK Chesterton This book is a collection of about 44 essays on subjects ranging from the common man to necromancy to Elizabeth Barrett Browning to...
Perhaps Sliced Bread Isn’t the Best Thing
“It’s the best thing since sliced bread.” I’ve heard this phrase...
Book Review: The Vikings
by: Elizabeth Janeway This was a pretty good book. I read it aloud to my 4th grader for his history and I think we both considered it...
Book Review: Confessions (F.J. Sheed translation)
by Saint Augustine of Hippo I’ve tried a couple of translations of this book over the years and I’m not sure if I’m just in a place...
Book Review: Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Dr. John Bergsma I got this for Christmas. It was as great as I hoped it would be.Doctor Bergsma is an Old Testament and Dead Sea Scrolls...
Book Review: Fearing the Stigmata
by Matt Weber It does seem that really young people and really old people have a good handle on their faith/life whereas those of us in the middle...
From The Drama of Atheist Humanism
"Christians have not been promised that hey will always be in the majority."
A Lesson in Forgiveness and Humility and Letting Go of a 35 Year Long Grudge
It’s been 35 years and I have finally forgiven my 5th grade teacher....