Book review: “Therese” by Dorothy Day
I’m not sure how to think about miracles. I mean, about what the story of a miracle may mean in my life. But here’s a miracle I can relate to: [...]
Book review: “Dodger” by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett’s new novel “Dodger” strikes me as his most personal book. He calls it “a historical fantasy…simply for the fun of it.” Yet, it’s much different from the 51 [...]
Book review: “Measuring America” by Andro Linklater
There is a photo on page 224 of “Measuring America” that, I suspect, anyone who has ever flown across the continental United States west of the Alleghenies will recognize. It’s [...]
Why is the Mass like baseball?
Let me say first off that there are many times when I find Mass routine and less than exciting. It’s not like going to a movie or reading a book. [...]
Book review: “A Killing in the Hills” by Julia Keller
Julia Keller’s novel “A Killing in the Hills” is on a par with the best of James Lee Burke and P.D. James. It is a mystery story of high literary [...]
Did Jesus have a wife?
Yes, yes, it may be a hoax of some sort. But I’m excited by the news that a small rectangular piece of papyrus, seemingly from the writings of early Christians, [...]
Book review: “Looking for the Possible Dance” by A. L. Kennedy
After an idyllic four days, the fight begins on the drive home. Margaret notices with delight that she and Colin have had such a restful time that they’ve forgotten to [...]
“Not always night”
I was at an archdiocesan meeting the other day, and the remarks of a prelate in attendance seemed to argue that the Catholic Church has a corner on Truth. I [...]
Book review: “Rocket Ship Galileo” By Robert A. Heinlein
It happened that, a week or so after the death of Neil Armstrong, I picked up this 1947 novel, and to say it’s quaint is an understatement. It’s sort of [...]
Book review: “Millions” by Frank Cottrell Boyce
The final two sentences of “Millions” by Frank Cottrell Boyce are: Sometimes money can leave your hand and fall like water from a pipe onto the hot ground, and the [...]