It’s been awhile since I’ve contributed to the Open Book linkup, hosted by blogger Carolyn Astfalk and the team at CatholicMom.com. Time to catch up and find out what other folks are reading. I’m looking forward to reading more than just excerpts from Pope Francis’s Fratelli Tutti, released a few days ago. Headlines seldom do justiceContinue reading “Open Book: tackling the to-be-read pile”
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Faith and Wonder Amid “Littleness”
It’s Good to Be Here by Christina Chase (Sophia Press, 2019) Christina Chase’s book “It’s Good to Be Here” is as straightforward and challenging as the subtitle promises: “a disabled woman’s reflections on God in the flesh and the sacred wonder of being human.” This is not a book for the bedside pile, to beContinue reading “Faith and Wonder Amid “Littleness””
Discovering Dorothy Day’s “The Long Loneliness”
(Original version published on Goodreads.) I suspect Dorothy Day would have winced at the word “legendary” in the subtitle assigned to her memoir: the autobiography of the legendary Catholic social activist. Humility informs every page of The Long Loneliness. So does clear and inviting prose, a testament to Day’s experience as a journalist. She was aContinue reading “Discovering Dorothy Day’s “The Long Loneliness””
Ellen Kolb 