Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 עמודים Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... Mark and Lisa Lickona, for love and theology. Jim Manney and Joe Durepos at Loyola Press, for taking me on and helping to shape this book; and Erica Orloff, for her valuable comments. Michael Horton, for good wine and good talk. And ...
... Mark. Great was my relief in those days when we reached the Profession of Faith; it meant we were halfway through. When did it become more than routine? What was the first intimation that religion was something other than a place our ...
... Mark said it, it was pretty much Gospel. MARK IS FIVE AND A HALF YEARS OLDER than I am. My mother is fond of pointing out that in nearly every photo in which I am a baby and Mark is present, I am ARE YOU STILL HAVING SEX? 13.
Matthew Lickona. I am a baby and Mark is present, I am looking at him. That fascination grew into a deep devotion, of which my brother was wonderfully tolerant ... Mark married in 1991, I wept, fearing a weakening of the bond 14 FORMATION.
... Mark. We were pulling our own version of The School of Athens—Mark as Plato, pointing heavenward to indicate the supreme importance of ideas, me as Aristotle, hand held low to emphasize our fraternal relation. In the end, we mended the ...
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic <span dir=ltr>Matthew Lickona</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |