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“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” —G. K. Chesterton The other day I was listening to an interview with an actor. He brought up the fact that he had been raised Catholic but fell away after reaching adulthood. His reasoning was something along the… Read more »
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The Urgency of this Present Moment: Learning from C.S. Lewis and Michael D. O’Brien
by Ignatius Press Novels
December 30, 2015 1:27 pm 2 Comments
Rev. John Morrison is an Episcopal priest living in Brightwaters, New York. A member of the New York C. S. Lewis Society, he is a retired English teacher with degrees from Darthmouth, Hofstra, SUNY Stony Brook, and the George Mercer School of Theology. He has presented a number of papers… Read more »
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Top posts! Top sellers! An Ignatius Press Novels Review of 2015
by Ignatius Press Novels
December 23, 2015 2:00 pm Leave a Comment
2015 is almost over, and it’s time to look back over the past year in novels and in posts here at the Novel Thoughts blog. First off, here’s a list of the top-selling novels from the year: Elijah in Jerusalem: The long-awaited sequel to Father Elijah takes the top spot… Read more »
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Note: this review is spoiler-free. Comments on it, though, may contain spoilers. On Sunday we went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The theater was jam-packed with families; lots of kids dressed up as their favorite characters—including one kid dressed as Wolverine. I have a feeling he was simpatico… Read more »
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Fiction is full of stories of those who, having nothing themselves, give the smallest thing as gifts, only to have it shown that their gift was actually a thing of great value. These stories draw upon various sources, one being the Gospel passage where Jesus draws the attention of his… Read more »
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Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe you can get for a halfpenny. I make an exception, of course, of the sun, the moon, the earth, people, stars, thunderstorms, and such trifles. You can get them for nothing. Also I make an exception of another thing,… Read more »
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Great Films for Kids: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by John Herreid
December 11, 2015 3:38 pm Leave a Comment
A few days ago that powerhouse of an actor Kirk Douglas turned 99. I might not have noticed it if it weren’t for the fact that a week before, when my three kids were picking out a DVD for family movie night, they settled on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea…. Read more »
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Mockingjay Part 2: A story of true love?
by Meryl Kaleida
November 30, 2015 11:23 am Leave a Comment
The Hunger Games trilogy came to a cinematic close the weekend before Thanksgiving, and while Mockingjay Part 2 redeemed itself from Mockingjay Part 1, I do not think most people will understand the message this series conveys. In 2012, I wrote a review on the first and second movie, which gave… Read more »
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The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, has a profile of the Misfits, a group of men who get together to read and discuss works of literature: On a soggy November evening, 14 Catholic men sloshed their way to a taproom in Stillwater, shook off… Read more »
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After it was posted several times on social media, I finally watched a short video of a French father comforting his child who was asking about the terror attacks in Paris. His answer was that we would fight the bad men with guns with flowers and love. The child looks… Read more »