Category: Reviews

  • A Companion for a Lenten Journey

    Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey through Lent, Albert Holtz, O.S.B. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8192-2251-0. The book is a collection of reflections, one for each non-Sunday during the season of Lent. The author kept a journal, both of his writing and his pencil sketches, during a traveling sabbatical. The reflections draw together the…

  • Talking with a Rabbi Talking with Jesus

    I just finished Jacob Neusner’s A Rabbi Talks with Jesus this morning. It is thought-provoking. It helped me to see the Matthean Jesus in a fresh way. The book is valuable for that achievement alone—helping a Christian to hear Jesus and his teachings anew. It’s given me a great deal to think about. Rabbi Neusner…