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Given for Love
The Madness of Crowds:A Novelby louise pennyminotaur books, 436 pages, $28.99 This long but quick-to-read novel by the Canadian, bestselling author Louise Penny takes place in a post-pandemic world,...
Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation
My wife used to say that the feast of the Presentation, or Candlemas, was the deadline for taking down Christmas decorations. Reared in a minimally liturgical tradition myself, I...
The Education of a Pro-Life Clergyman
We used to walk to church together, Susan and I, she a junior at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, I a freshman. It was a couple of miles...
How To Be a Sick Christian
When sickness or injury comes upon us, we face the question of whether we really believe what we profess to believe. There are temptations to self-absorption, and medical science...