Short Stories by Jesus, The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, by Amy-Jill Levine, HarperCollins, New York, 2014, 313 pages. “Religion has been defined to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. We do well to think of the … Continue reading Book Review: Short Stories by Jesus, The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
“Can you tell me the story of your relationship with God so far?” This “threshold question” is at the heart of the book, Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus, by Sherry Weddell (published by Our Sunday Visitor, 2012). Any person can be asked this question, whether that person be Catholic or non-Catholic, non-Christian, agnostic, or atheist. How a person answers it can begin, or continue, the journey of all journeys. But why ask such a question in the first place? The book: presents survey data on the current state and trends of Catholics’ (as well … Continue reading Book review: “Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus”
“An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel“, Richard Thomas Aquinas Murphy O.P., St. Paul Books & Media, Boston, 1996. 123 pages. “In the Old Testament, the New lies concealed, in the New Testament, the Old lies … Continue reading Book Review: “An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel”