I spend so much time reading stuff for work as well as newspaper and magazine articles (most of it opinionated drivel unfortunately) as well as stuff people email me (I always open anything sent to me by anyone I know) that in the last several years I'd gotten into the sad habit of not reading … Read more
Another book recommended to me by my son Joe – he'd also recommended this one 12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos and both books come to some similar conclusions. This is despite the very different backgrounds of the two co-authors of this book and the author of 12 Rules, Jordan Peterson. The subtitle … Read more
Funny, I thought I'd already posted about this book, but evidently not. Author Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton for almost ten years for the NY Times – the subtitle is Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling. While it is about Mrs. Clinton, it's also about Ms. Chozick and her life while … Read more
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The Pope's Apostolic Exhortation (an important writing but below an encyclical) on the call to personal holiness. I think it's his best document and I wish it were more promoted; brief (only 80 pages) and very to the point. I read it when it first came out last May and re-read this Advent. There are … Read more
Thanks to my friend Paul for sending me this. The NY Times op ed columnist Ncholas Kristoff likes to ask the above sort of questions at Christmas to various religious personalities of note. Here he questions Professor Williiam Lane Craig who has a fine reputation for defending what CS Lewis called "Mere Christianity. It's a … Read more
Sue Konig – great writer. Just type in "Konig" in the search box up on the top right for more postings about her. Here's Sue's excellent column – Tell your kids the truth: Santa is real I remember when Susie Denk told me in third grade that there was no Santa. I immediately reported this … Read more
Sr. Helen Prejean is the religious sister who was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the 1996 movie Dead Man Walking. Sister Helen is active ministering to people on death row and working against the death penalty. I went to her talk last month at my alma mater, Fairfield University. I have never seen the movie … Read more
This is from the Catholic online publication, CRUX Meeting with members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Nov. 16, the pope said that “the tragic situations of Christians who are persecuted and killed in ever-increasing numbers” is plain to see, even if the world “too often turns and looks away.” Christians … Read more
The author is the Canadian Psychologist Jordan Peterson who is a total internet/youtube sensation. And the book (4,116 reviews on amazon as of today) is rightfully a huge best seller. It's been on the amazon best seller list for 47 weeks and will probably be there for several years. Each of the 12 Rules has … Read more