Forming Intentional Disciples – Study Group & Discount

This winter I reviewed Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry Weddell, and I think it’s one of the most important Catholic books on the market today.  Important enough that I’m putting together a study group in my own town, to meet and discuss the book. And important enough that this summer, CatholicMom.com is hosting a St. [...]

Requiescat in Pace Harry Harrison

Sad news this morning as we mourn the passing of one of the greats of science fiction, Harry Harrison. Harrison, 87, was best known as the author of Make Room! Make Room! (the basis for the film Soylent Green), for the Deathworld novels, and for his twelve novels about Slippery Jim DeGriz, the Stainless Steel [...]

Win a Catholic book!

This falls under “shameless self-promotion,” but as Julie gave me her blessing, I’m sharing it here anyway. Over at my place, I’ve started a weekly giveaway that has two good-looking Catholic books in it this week. One of them is a book I read on vacation and reviewed in brief right here at the HC Bookshelf, The [...]