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Book Review: The True Meaning of Christmas

by Michael Barber             I’m not an expert at Christmas, but it’s a holiday that fascinates me which leads me to read a lot on it.  So, maybe I’m a kind of a demi-expert?  Suffice it...

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 misconceptions and corrects them using scripture, the Catechism and the church fathers. This book is thorough and dense with...

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 nudism to match making historical figures and how they're getting together may have changed history. Needless to say, I...

Perhaps Sliced Bread Isn’t the Best Thing

            “It’s the best thing since sliced bread.”  I’ve heard this phrase all my life.  It’s always made me think, “Boy, slicing your own bread must have been pretty difficult in order...
Book Review: The Treasure Seekers

Book Review: The Treasure Seekers

by E. Nesbit I came across this author, E. Nesbit, on a list of suggested reading by the woman who designed the curriculum I’m using this year. She’s got excellent taste and my daughter, always devouring books, is in need of some new reading material. We’re using it...

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Book Review: Money Secrets

Book Review: Money Secrets

by Dave Barry I bought this book – in particular – because someone in the reviews said they bought it thinking it was a serious book on money and it had them in hysterics when they started reading it and realized it was humor. That just tickled me.This book was...

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