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Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Book Review: Parenting With Grace

You can tell what I’m most interested in at any point in my life by what books I read. Currently I’m on a parenting kick, so Parenting With Grace by Dr. Gregory Popcak and his wife, Lisa Popcak fits in perfectly. My first impressions was that it was thick – as in, 374 pages (including [...]

Book Review: The Salvation Controversy

I finished this book, The Salvation Controversy by James Akin this morning, after it becoming my official “book to read while I’m sitting with Elise while she falls asleep for naps”. I will admit, this book is at times, quite deep. That could be good or bad, depending on the kind of reader you are [...]

Book Review: The Journey of Faith

A person I’m greatly intrigued by is Fr. Benedict Groeschel. Long time readers may remember that he was at my parish recently for our Parish Mission and Greg and I (and Elise) were blessed to meet him and share a few words. I have wanted to read some of his books for a while, but [...]

Book Review: Consoling the Heart of Jesus

Where to begin? Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Br. Michael Gaitley, MIC is a “do it yourself retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius”. The “do it yourself retreat” really grabbed my interest, as I would absolutely LOVE to do a retreat. However, that’s just not possible at this point in my [...]

Book Review: Never Give Up – My Life and God’s Mercy

I’ve had this book read and sitting on my desk, reminding me to write a review for it for a couple of days now. I’ve been chewing it over, thinking about it – it’s a fantastic book, first off. Mr. Janaro writes his testimony of suffering (Lyme Disease + depression + obsessive compulsive disorder) in [...]

Book Review: Courageous Generosity

Courageous Generosity: A Bible Study for Women on Heroic Sacrifice by Stacy Mitch comes to me at a perfect time. I just finished the Bible study this morning, and I’m impressed. While I grew up Protestant, I was a naughty Protestant and never did any kind of Bible study or anything like that. Therefore, I [...]

Book Review: Creating New Life, Nurturing Families

If anyone thinks that I like any and all books that I read, here’s the review you’ve been waiting for: I did not like this book, period. I had high hopes that I would like it, but it never really worked for me. My biggest and chief complaint is that Ms. Callahan makes the assertation [...]

Book Review: Mary, Mother of the Son Trilogy

I’ve had this trilogy since our trip to California (so, the beginning of September), and finished it last night. Usually, I’m a quick reader, but there was something about these three books that really slowed me down. They weren’t boring. They weren’t over my head. They also weren’t dumbed down. They’re not long thousands of [...]

Book Review: Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols

Allow me to give a backstory to this review: I received this book by Mike Aquilina in the mail on Saturday. I started reading it at 9pm, and by 11am Mass today, I had finished it. And that includes time to sleep, eat, bathe, and so on. I really had a hard time putting this [...]

Book Review: 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know

Let’s get away from the anxiety and move on to something I really love: books. At first glance, I thought this book was solely an apologetics book. I mean, the title sounds like it should be, right? I was totally surprised once I started reading the book that it’s not entirely apologetics based at all. [...]

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