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The Hunger for Home
Matthew Croasmun, author
Miroslav Volf, author
Baylor University Press
One Bear Place, #97363, Waco, TX 76798-7363
www.baylorpress.com
9781481317665, $17.99, HC, 114pp
https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Home-Food-Meals-Gospel/dp/1481317660
Synopsis: What do the fields, rivers, and streams that provide food have to do with the God who created them? How do we become at home in this world where so many hunger for food, for companionship, or for the presence of God?
"Scripture is also a feast." As an invitation to feast at the table of God's word, "The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke" by Matthew Croasmum and Miroslav Volf explores the deepest human longings for home through the simple ingredients of bread, water, wine, and stories.
The authors read the meals of the Gospel of Luke as stories of God eating with God's people. By making a common home with us in this way, God turns all our meals into invitations to eat in God's home -- a home with a seat open for all who are willing.
No longer is breaking bread simply fuel for getting through the day, but it is also a call to be present to the agricultural workers, grocers, chefs, friends, and strangers with whom food connects us: everyone God is calling to the banquet. As Croasmun and Volf show, the Gospel of Luke gives us an image of creation at home by bringing God into the home, as it was always meant to be.
Critique: Of special and particular interest to readers focused on the subjects of Christian Eschatology, Christian Meditation, Christian Worship/Devotion, and New Testament Studies, "The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke" is an informative, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring study that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, clergy, seminary student, and academic library Christian Studies collections.
Editorial Note #1: Matthew Croasmun (https://www.matthewcroasmun.com) is Associate Research Scholar and Director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.
Editorial Note #2: Miroslav Volf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf) is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.
Love Him Ever More
Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ
Ave Maria Press
PO Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556
www.avemariapress.com
9781646801541, $16.95, PB, 192pp
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Him-Ever-More-Personal/dp/1646801547
Synopsis: With the publication of "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus", Fr. Joe Laramie, (the North American director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network) offers a nine-day retreat that draws on the wisdom of Ignatian spirituality and the Sacred Heart devotion to help you know God's love and desires for you.
Love Him Ever More is a powerful encounter with the Sacred Heart of Jesus that will help you encounter Christ in the world today deepen your personal relationship with him.
Laramie leads you to reflect on your own heart, your wounds, and God's healing mercy. He takes you on a journey of reflection on the Incarnation, the ministry of Jesus, and God's call for each of us today. This personal retreat allows you to engage in Ignatian contemplation by using your imagination and five senses to encounter Jesus in the gospels and reflecting on your heart, the heart of Christ, and all hearts.
Each day begins with a quotation from the Spiritual Exercises and a grace to pray for, a personal story from Laramie, and contemplation on a gospel scene, and ends with reflection questions and a prayer.
Critique: Inspired and inspiring, "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus" is a life- changing, life-enhancing, life-celebrating, spirituality developing instructional resource and guide that is especially appropriate for clergy, seminary students, and members of the Roman Catholic community. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.99).
Editorial Note: Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, is national director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) and the author of Abide in the Heart of Christ and Love Him Ever More.. He previously served as a campus minister at St. Louis University, where he earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in communications. He studied at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary prior to joining the Jesuit novitiate. Laramie earned master of divinity and licentiate degrees at Boston College. He was ordained a priest in 2011 and has a dedicated website at https://www.joelaramiesj.com
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
The Hunger for Home
Matthew Croasmun, author
Miroslav Volf, author
Baylor University Press
One Bear Place, #97363, Waco, TX 76798-7363
www.baylorpress.com
9781481317665, $17.99, HC, 114pp
https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Home-Food-Meals-Gospel/dp/1481317660
Synopsis: What do the fields, rivers, and streams that provide food have to do with the God who created them? How do we become at home in this world where so many hunger for food, for companionship, or for the presence of God?
"Scripture is also a feast." As an invitation to feast at the table of God's word, "The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke" by Matthew Croasmum and Miroslav Volf explores the deepest human longings for home through the simple ingredients of bread, water, wine, and stories.
The authors read the meals of the Gospel of Luke as stories of God eating with God's people. By making a common home with us in this way, God turns all our meals into invitations to eat in God's home -- a home with a seat open for all who are willing.
No longer is breaking bread simply fuel for getting through the day, but it is also a call to be present to the agricultural workers, grocers, chefs, friends, and strangers with whom food connects us: everyone God is calling to the banquet. As Croasmun and Volf show, the Gospel of Luke gives us an image of creation at home by bringing God into the home, as it was always meant to be.
Critique: Of special and particular interest to readers focused on the subjects of Christian Eschatology, Christian Meditation, Christian Worship/Devotion, and New Testament Studies, "The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke" is an informative, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring study that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, clergy, seminary student, and academic library Christian Studies collections.
Editorial Note #1: Matthew Croasmun (https://www.matthewcroasmun.com) is Associate Research Scholar and Director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.
Editorial Note #2: Miroslav Volf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf) is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.
Love Him Ever More
Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ
Ave Maria Press
PO Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556
www.avemariapress.com
9781646801541, $16.95, PB, 192pp
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Him-Ever-More-Personal/dp/1646801547
Synopsis: With the publication of "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus", Fr. Joe Laramie, (the North American director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network) offers a nine-day retreat that draws on the wisdom of Ignatian spirituality and the Sacred Heart devotion to help you know God's love and desires for you.
Love Him Ever More is a powerful encounter with the Sacred Heart of Jesus that will help you encounter Christ in the world today deepen your personal relationship with him.
Laramie leads you to reflect on your own heart, your wounds, and God's healing mercy. He takes you on a journey of reflection on the Incarnation, the ministry of Jesus, and God's call for each of us today. This personal retreat allows you to engage in Ignatian contemplation by using your imagination and five senses to encounter Jesus in the gospels and reflecting on your heart, the heart of Christ, and all hearts.
Each day begins with a quotation from the Spiritual Exercises and a grace to pray for, a personal story from Laramie, and contemplation on a gospel scene, and ends with reflection questions and a prayer.
Critique: Inspired and inspiring, "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus" is a life- changing, life-enhancing, life-celebrating, spirituality developing instructional resource and guide that is especially appropriate for clergy, seminary students, and members of the Roman Catholic community. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.99).
Editorial Note: Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, is national director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) and the author of Abide in the Heart of Christ and Love Him Ever More.. He previously served as a campus minister at St. Louis University, where he earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in communications. He studied at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary prior to joining the Jesuit novitiate. Laramie earned master of divinity and licentiate degrees at Boston College. He was ordained a priest in 2011 and has a dedicated website at https://www.joelaramiesj.com
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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