July 26, 2018


“Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us,
nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful,
preserve the habits necessary to learn the story of God.” 

― Stanley Hauerwas, theologian
This week marked Hauerwas's 78th birthday!


Stanley Hauerwas –
The Virtues / Practices of Slow Church [Video Clips]

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Kathleen Norris – Three Poems

Friday July 27 is the birthday of renowned 
poet and memoirist, Kathleen Norris.
Here are three superb poems by her:

Our Feature Review for this week:
A Dream of Flight.
A Review of We'll Fly Away: A Novel
by Bryan Bliss  (Hardback: Greenwillow, 2018) 
Reviewed by Denise Frame Harlan.

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Marie Noonan Sabin –
Evolving Humanity and Biblical Wisdom [Review]

The relevance of Teilhard de Chardin's work for today.
A Review of Evolving Humanity and Biblical Wisdom
by Marie Noonan Sabin  (Paperback: Liturgical Press, 2018.)
Reviewed by Jeanne Torrence Finley  

New Book Releases – Week of 23 July 2018 – Food, Fiction, More

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Camas Davis on butchering food, a history of the Bowery (NYC), A fictional road trip, MORE

Hilaire Belloc – Biographical Sketch by G.K. Chesterton

Hilaire Belloc is an often-overlooked Catholic writer of the early twentieth century.
Here is a biographical sketch by his friend G.K. Chesterton...