Joe's Recommended Books
In our third installment of Book Reviews, we turn to the area of Sacred Scripture. We do so with a magnanimous figure, the Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979). Once called “Television’s Most Outstanding Personality” for his engaging warmth, wisdom, and wit, the master communicator was a prolific... Read more
A Severe Mercy
In our second installment of books reviews, we turn to an autobiography, A Severe Mercy , where we journey with Sheldon Vanauken in his quest to find the meaning of grief, faith, and the power of God’s love. Early on, Mr. Vanauken chronicles in wonderful detail the courtship between he, and his... Read more
Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life
We kickoff our series of book reviews with a provocative read by Elizabeth Scalia, the Anchoress at the world renown patheos.com. In a contemporary culture that views idols as exclusively synonymous with individuals, we have lost our sense of what idolatry actually means and the intended purpose of... Read more