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"Fly While You Still Have Wings" teaches us how to accompany and understand...
Article Author: Catherine O'Connell-CahillPublished: Monday, June 8, 2015By Joyce Rupp (Ave Maria, 2015) The dozen books that Joyce Rupp has published with Ave Maria Press have sold more than a million...
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"Carrie & Lowell" offers example of Christian music at its best
Article Author: Molly Jo RosePublished: Monday, June 15, 2015Christian music tends to fall into one of two categories: either truly awful or not quite so terrible. But rather than musicians making...
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A study in black and white: Justin Simien's ‘Dear White People'
Article Author: Danny Duncan Collum Justin Simien’s Dear White People hammers home the message that everyone is always more complicated than the color of their skin.Since the shooting of Michael Brown...
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Lauren Winner reminds us to talk about God in different ways in "Wearing God"
Article Author: Alice CamillePublished: Monday, June 22, 2015“Sometimes, a hymn gets caught in my hair . . .” When an author serves up a sentence as whimsical and delicious as this on page two, it’s a...
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Maura Weiler explores God and guilt in 'Contrition'
Article Author: Carol Zapata-WhelanPublished: Monday, July 6, 2015When Los Angeles tabloid reporter Dorie McKenna chases a story that leads her to her long lost twin in Big Sur, we are pulled into...
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William O'Malley teaches gratitude in 'You'll Never Be Younger'
Article Author: Ed BlockPublished: Monday, July 20, 2015For those who don’t know him, William J. O’Malley is an 82-year-old Jesuit. He played Father Joe Dyer in the 1973 movie The Exorcist, taught for...
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Lord Huron transports listeners into strange unknown with 'Strange Trails'
Article Author: Sarah ButlerPublished: Monday, July 27, 2015You’ve probably never heard of prolific Western adventure novelist George Ranger Johnson. That’s only, however, because Lord Huron frontman...
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'5 Flights Up' paints a compelling picture of long-term relationships
Article Author: Molly Jo RosePublished: Monday, August 3, 2015 For fans of The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman’s narration of 5 Flights Up is disconcerting. In both films, Freeman reflects on the...
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Resurrecting Bob Dylan in 'Lost on the River'
Article Author: Danny Duncan CollumPublished: Monday, August 10, 2015Bob Dylan is an old man now. But even when he was young he was suspicious of “youth culture.” In 1967, while his audience plunged...
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'The End of the Tour' pays fitting tribute to David Foster Wallace
Article Author: Meghan Murphy-GillPublished: Tuesday, August 11, 2015In 1996, David Lipsky wanted what David Foster Wallace had, what any serious writer would want. Lipsky says as much, both in the...
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Great gifts come with great responsibilities in ‘Working for a Better World'
Article Author: Scott AlessiPublished: Monday, August 17, 2015Working for a Better World By Carolyn Y. Woo (Our Sunday Visitor, 2015) When Carolyn Woo first came to the United States as a college...
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Love prevails in the Brian Wilson biopic ‘Love and Mercy'
Article Author: Chris ByrdPublished: Tuesday, August 18, 2015Love and Mercy Directed by Bill Pohlad (River Road Entertainment/Battle Mountain Films, 2015)Brian Wilson was a gifted yet troubled...
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