With thanks to my local library’s interlibrary loan program, I’ve just picked up a book that will keep me occupied during Advent and probably well into January: A Testament to Freedom: the Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ed. Kelly and Nelson, Harper San Francisco, 1995). Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was part ofContinue reading “Open Book: Bonhoeffer and Muggeridge for Advent”
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Open Book: Meeting authors
I was recently lucky enough to meet an author whose books and journalism I’ve enjoyed for years. I’ve also been reunited with an acquaintance who was at college with me many years ago, and who has since written something special . It’s fun to be able to thank writers in person. The long-ago college friendContinue reading “Open Book: Meeting authors”
Open Book: History Lessons
A year ago, I wrote that I was working my way through Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ (published 1958). The book still accompanies me to weekly Adoration, and when at home this Lent I keep it nearby. It takes only a few paragraphs to foster prayer and meditation. While browsing through the Kindle store, IContinue reading “Open Book: History Lessons”
Ellen Kolb 