“Do you want to become an expert in humanity? Do you want to see yourself the way God sees you? Do you want to understand those who have hurt you? Do you need to forgive yourself and others?” Josephine Lombardi…
It’s impossible to talk about Thomas Merton, the subject of this book, like some kind of expert. I know that he’s an important philosopher and theologian in Catholicism: there are so many books coming out about him this season, so…
I wonder if anyone remembers SparkNotes. SparkNotes were big back in middle school—they were more or less the same thing as Cliff’s Notes. At first it was a website where you did quizzes like “How evil are you?” and “Who’s…
In 1930, an Englishman named Edmond K. Blyth was driving home from a visit to Liverpool Cathedral. He’d been a soldier in the First World War, and three of his friends from when he was a cadet—John Bennett, Arthur Bailey…
I had a lot of opportunity to get acquainted with our newest book Faith and Literature Matters this past week. We have review copies of all our books to be sent out, to newspapers and online blogs. It could be more accurately…
Reading this book was like sitting down and having coffee with a priest. It was simple and casual—no big words, no endless Bible quotes, no tedious sermons. I felt perfectly at home. Fr. Rolheiser is the author of seven previous…