I first heard the phrase “thin place” more than twenty years ago, watching the sun rise over a Wisconsin lake with a new acquaintance. She told me it was a place where it was easy to meet God. Not practicing any faith at that point, it really spoke to me. But recently I ran across… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Braving the Thin Places
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On the Nightstand: A Two-Fer!
Well, OK, maybe a one-and-a-half-fer! Sketches From a Sunlit Heaven: A Novel was recommended by a non-Catholic friend who’s fascinated by St. Therese of Lisieux and her Little Way. It includes fictional looks at Therese through the eyes of her four sisters, a cousin, and a seminarian with whom Therese corresponded. I’ve been warned there’s… Continue reading On the Nightstand: A Two-Fer!
On the Nightstand: Flight Behavior
Back in the day, I was a big Barbara Kingsolver fan–Prodigal Summer, Poisonwood Bible. But more recently, I’ve found her a bit preachy, and she’s fallen off my radar screen. So I was delighted to find I’d missed 2012’s Flight Behavior, which sounds right up my alley. One newspaper called it “an intricate story that… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Flight Behavior
On the Nightstand: Consumed
I freely confess to being a Heather King groupie. She describes herself as “an ex-lawyer, a sober alcoholic of 35 years, a Catholic convert, and a lover of books, film, and art.” She’s one of the finest memoirists writing today. (I especially love her one-word-title books, including Parched, Redeemed, and Stripped.) So when her essay… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Consumed