just another day of Catholic pondering by Sarah Reinhard
Anytime people start talking about Eucharistic Adoration, one question always seems to come up: “A whole hour? What’ll I do for a whole hour?” Thus begins Vinny Flynn’s new book, 21 Ways to Worship: A Guide to Eucharistic Adoration. I’ll admit, I only read it because my arm was twisted. I thought I knew the tone it [...]
It was the Saturday before Easter, as I recall. I had rolled out of bed to work on my honors project, and I was putting the coffee into the coffeemaker when it struck me that it was VERY STRANGE that someone was having a cookout at 8 (or was it 7? or 9?) in the [...]
Over the years, I’ve gone from admiring Karina Fabian’s writing wit and surprising humor to getting to know the salty and sweet lady behind the words. You might think that makes me a biased reader, and you’re right. I’m biased in a different way than I was at age 14, when I read everything Stephen [...]
Last week, if you had asked me, in all seriousness, where God’s favorite place was on earth—or if he even had one—I would have probably wrinkled my eyebrows and then defaulted into “Well, duh! Ohio!” as a non-answer. Because, really? A favorite place on earth? For God? Blame the Patheos Book Club (again!) for introducing me to [...]
Who better to imitate than Mary? Try to imagine for a second how today’s culture would respond to something like Mary’s yes to the angel Gabriel when he came to ask if Mary would bear the Son of God. Would Mary update her Facebook status? Would Gabriel be tweeting the play-by-play? Would the tabloids be [...]
Be sure to enter to win a copy of this book. Leave a comment below or on yesterday’s giveaway post (or hey, because I am a generous person, in BOTH places). Some books are good reading, but when you’re done with them, you shelve them, let them collect dust, and eventually give them away to an [...]
Recipe for Joy: A Stepmom’s Story of Finding Faith, Following Love, and Feeding a Family looked interesting, but I’ll be honest: I almost didn’t read it. There are a number of reasons why, but none of them are as huge as the feeling of “Wow, I am SO GLAD I read that!” that I felt late [...]
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