Interestingly enough, with all the issues and devastation facing the world today, Pope Benedict chose to write his first encyclical letter on love. Getting to the root of our problem perhaps? Christopher West's profound extracts from Pope Benedict's "God is Love" gives us a chance to investigate that 'root'. In today, world, saturated by sex, but starved for love, many might be surprised by the fact that the Pope acknowledges that 'erotic' love is meant to offer a kind of foretaste of the supreme bliss that awaits us in heaven'. It proves that Christianity divinizes the human body and removes the vulgarity and demeaning manner in which it is often portrayed today. Helpful hint: Read… Read more
Mitch Albom does it again!!! I've read all of Mitch's books and have garnered insight into my own faith as well as others. Mitch has shown that every human being has a story, many of which relate to faith, be it what it is. This book is a reflection of not only faith but trust, in our one God. It reinforces our belief that at the end of the day, if we surrender to God's will, all will be okay. In our daily lives, there are challenges to each and every one of us..this is the story of only two such people, whose lives will enrich yours, and allow you to believe, and trust, in our one God. If you are on 'a faith sabbitical' this book will lead you back...as it did Mitch. Having experience the… Read more
