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Rediscovering
Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
by Jim Wallis, Howard
Books publisher, hardcover, 272 pages
When we start with the wrong question, no
matter how good an answer we get, it won’t give us the results we want.
Rather than joining the throngs who are asking, When will this economic
crisis be over? Jim Wallis says the right question to ask is How will
this crisis change us? The worst thing we can do now, Wallis tells us,
is to go back to normal. Normal is what got us into this situation. We
need a new normal, and this economic crisis is an invitation to discover
what that means. Some of the principles Wallis unpacks for our new
normal are . . . It’s time to stop keeping up with the Joneses and start
making sure the Joneses are okay. A healthy society is a balanced
society in which markets, the government, and our communities all play a
role; and the operating principle of God’s economy says that there is
enough if we share it.
Jim Wallis is a bestselling author, public
theologian, speaker, preacher, and international commentator on
religion, public life, faith, and politics. He is president and CEO of
Sojourners, where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine.
Were You There?
Finding Ourselves at the Foot of the Cross
by Erik Kolbell,
Westminster John Knox Press publisher, hardcover, 176 pages
"In the Passion of Jesus we hear the story
of one person but the echoes of many," writes Erik Kolbell, "for
although we read it to find out who Jesus was, it is in the reading of
those other characters that we find out who we are." Perfect for the
Lenten season or throughout the year, "Were You There?" provides
thoughtful meditations about Peter, the slave whose ear is severed,
Judas, the woman who annointed Jesus, Pilate, Herod, Simon of Cyrene,
the centurion at the cross, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary, and many others.
Erik Kolbell is a writer, psychotherapist,
and former Minister of Social Justice at Riverside Church in New York.
He is the author of "What Jesus Meant: The Beatitudes and a Meaningful
Life".
Lenten Prayers
for Busy People: A Forty-Day Retreat Wherever You Happen to Be
by William J.
O'Malley, Orbis Books publisher, paperback, 287 pages
A delightful collection of prayers and
readings for the Lenten season, and wonderful spiritual reading for all
year round. In addition to psalmists and evangelists, inspiring
passages come from writers, poets, and lyricists including C. S. Lewis,
Alice Walker, John Donne, Thomas Merton and Bob Dylan.
William J.
O'Malley, S.J. has published more than 30 books and 100 articles on
spirituality and Christian living. A beloved teacher for more than 40
years, most recently at Fordham Prep in New York City, Fr. O'Malley has
directed nearly 100 plays and musicals
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