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New Evangelizers: Around the Year with the von Trapp Family
Featured on NewEvangelizes.com Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Von Trapp is surprisingly upbeat and joyful, especially when we recall that in The Sound of Music ends with the Von Trapp troupe fleeing their beloved Austria. The 1965 American musical drama ends by highlighting the danger the family averted by escaping with only what...
New Evangelizers: Lessons from a Troubadour
Featured in New Evangelizers.com John Michael Talbot’s Lessons from a Troubadour: A Lifetime of Parables, Prose, and Stories brings to mind the first time I heard his music in the early 1980s. He’s known internationally as a composer and musician, but I find him to be so much more. When he composes, sings and plays music,...
CWG: 10 Promises of Jesus
Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com The subtitle of 10 Promises of Jesus by Marge Fenelon is Scripture Reflections about Suffering and Joy reflects only a part of what the book has to offer. It doesn’t tell you about the beautiful stories Marge collected from those who have suffered some of the most difficult tragedies you can imagine....
Time for God — Fr. Jacques Philippe’s classic on mental prayer
featured on SpiritualDirection.com Time for God by Jacques Philippe is about mental prayer. Facing God in solitude and silence for a time, to enter into intimate, loving communication with him. I read this as a participant in a group study initiated by my covenant community, with talks each Sunday on the five chapters of this...