The Pastor’s Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry By Austin Carty Eerdmans, pp. 182, $19.99 As an Amazon Associate, TLC earns from qualifying purchases. Review by Samuel Adams I remember being at a casual lunch with some recently graduated seminary classmates and one of our beloved professors, an accomplished theologian and a priest who had spent … [Read more...] about Forming a Weighty Soul
Archives for December 30, 2022
Painting Exclusively in Green
Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love By Mallory McDuff Broadleaf Books, pp. 211, $18.99 As an Amazon Associate, TLC earns from qualifying purchases. Review by Douglas LeBlanc In a brisk and inquisitive style, Mallory McDuff confronts a question we all must face: What should be done with our body after we … [Read more...] about Painting Exclusively in Green
Compassion for the Suffering
Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Story of Compassion in the Face of Fear By Michael J. O'Loughlin Broadleaf Books, pp. 281, $28.99 As an Amazon Associate, TLC earns from qualifying purchases. Review by Michael Tessman In recent years we have lived to witness the deaths of over 1 million people in the United States (6.3 million worldwide) from COVID. … [Read more...] about Compassion for the Suffering