I’ve got daily Advent resources galore on my nightstand, including Living Faith’s Advent edition and The Little Blue Book. But in the leadup to the season, I’ve been reading Go Forth with Hearts on Fire, a 64-page pastoral letter from our bishop, Paul S. Loverde. Go Forth includes questions for discussion and thought, and gems… Continue reading On the Nightstand: December
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On the Nightstand: November
Earlier this year, a work colleague gave me a signed copy of Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter, a how-to book of sorts co-authored by the Rev. Michael White, pastor of my friend’s suburban Baltimore parish. I’m finally getting to the book now as my church’s Pastoral Council is reading it… Continue reading On the Nightstand: November
On the Nightstand: October
Preparing for the prayer retreat I facilitated last month meant I got to read a lot of great books, including Jon M. Sweeney’s Praying with Our Hands: 21 Practices of Embodied Prayers from the World’s Spiritual Traditions. The images of prayer–with our hands, in dance, at altars–are stunning. The text is thought provoking. Here’s an… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October
On the Nightstand: September
I recently finished (and loved!) Pat Gohn’s Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the Gift of Catholic Womanhood. Part memoir, part instruction, it’s about the awesome gift of being a spiritual mother. Catholics will drink in the Marian connection, but there are plenty of gems for all Christians, including: “God’s spirit is very adaptable. Just open… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September