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(Here's another installment from my current writing project) Frances Xavier Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the simple goal of spreading devotion to the heart of Christ through acts of mercy.  During her time on earth she established “sixty-seven hospitals, orphanages and schools—one for each year of her life.”[1] …

Of all the books that I read this past year, The Divine Commodity:  Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity by Skye Jethani, is the one that has proven to be most memorable.   Simply put, this is an elegant book.  Jethani leads us through the always relevant topic of the effects of consumerism on faith while…

I can't stop listening to Allen Toussaint's, "The Bright Mississippi."  If you only buy one jazz album from 2009 this is it.  Toussaint, who is mostly known as an R & B pianist, is joined by Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone), Nicholas Payton (trumpet) in this album that is soon to be a classic. Nominated for…

 
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