Author-to-Author

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Roger Skrenes concerning his book Signs of Resurrection (September 13, 2022)

This book is written to show that in our world there are many signs of resurrection. Life beyond death is demonstrated or modeled in many ways within the world around us. This fact should teach us to believe that our death is not an end in itself but rather a new beginning of greater and more certain proportions. It should help us to focus our lives on pleasing the Lord and on trying to be a small pair of His Hands in this present world. By living in such light, we can have hope that we will fit into His larger plan – in what we here call Heaven.

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews David Ross on his book Goat-Song and Other Stories, Part 2. (August 25, 2022)

Goat-Song and Other Stories is a collection of one novella and two short stories. The novella, Goat-Song, concerns an exclusive theatrical production, and the two people involved, one alive, the other dead. One short story, Gaps, concerns a recluse who wakes to find a growing hole in his backyard. The other short story, Poison, concerns a small-business owner who invents a product that produces the ability to manifest memories in reality.

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Rick Clements on his book The Meaning of the World is Love (August 25, 2022)

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson talks with Rick Clements on his book The Meaning of the World is Love.

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), a prolific Catholic theologian from Switzerland, has been called a "new Father of the Church". His work—shaped not only by traditional theology and philosophy, but by literature, art, and music—made an impact on both Saint John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Aidan Nichols, O.P., describes Balthasar's fifteen-volume masterwork, the Trilogy, as "perhaps the high-point of twentieth-century Catholic theology".

Yet for all Balthasar's brilliance, the core of his theology is extraordinarily simple: love—for God is love. Love lies at the center of life, indeed, at the center of being itself. For Balthasar, the answers to all of man's big, existential questions revolve around love.

The Meaning of the World Is Love, compiled by psychologist Richard Clements, brings Balthasar's meditations to a wider audience, using brief excerpts from the theologian to walk readers through the landscape of divine love, which is our home. The path of love is the path of self-gift—as well as of truth, goodness, and beauty—and it is the only way to genuine fulfillment. Balthasar, as Clements shows, can point us to the very heart of reality: God, who gives himself to us without reserve.

https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-World-Love-Balthasar-Commentary/dp/1621643514/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews David Ross on his book Goat-Song and Other Stories, Part 1. (August 24, 2022)

Goat-Song and Other Stories is a collection of one novella and two short stories. The novella, Goat-Song, concerns an exclusive theatrical production, and the two people involved, one alive, the other dead. One short story, Gaps, concerns a recluse who wakes to find a growing hole in his backyard. The other short story, Poison, concerns a small-business owner who invents a product that produces the ability to manifest memories in reality.

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson talks with Francis Etheredge on his book Human Nature: Moral Norm (082022)

There is a ‘difference, both anthropological and moral, between contraception and recourse to the rhythm of the cycle: it is a difference which is much wider and deeper than is usually thought, one which involves in the final analysis two irreconcilable concepts of the human person and human sexuality’ (St. John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio, 32).

Human Nature: Moral Norm wades through a cultural mixture of challenging ideas which are either turning to sludge or starting to make sense, as if coming into clear water, enabling the whole book to find its central focus: Is it true that the human being is so well woven that the precept, “be open to life”, is inherent in the very psychosomatic language of a spousal love? In other words, although at times it is almost impossible to summarize or simplify the question under investigation, it nevertheless emerges that it is truly necessary “to be open to life” even when it is deliberately intended to avoid the conception of a child; and, at the same time, that this is a discovery of the content of the human inclinations, psychological structure and spiritual reality of the “one flesh” of marriage. Thus, in a word, the moral norm which is entailed in the reciprocal gift of self in marriage is neither foreign to “being-in-relationship” nor an imposition upon it; rather, “being open to life” is as natural to spousal love as the breath is to breathing. Indeed, the moral norm of being open to life is as integral to human nature as heat is to a flame – as the flame of life and love is to the divine spark which ignites it.

There are enlivening contributions from Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis, Dr. Mary Shivanandan; Dr. Hanna Klaus ; Dr. John Purk; and Dr. Thomas Williams, Suzanne Scheller and Dr. Christine M. W. Ward

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on his book His Divine Presence (August 18, 2022)

Poetry of praise for the grace that God freely provides at every moment of our lives.

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on his book No Longer I (August 18, 2022)

Christ entered our world and gave himself completely to us to the point of dying for us, to become nourishment for us and a source of hope. In this book, Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., demonstrates how this single sentence embraces every element of what he calls Christ’s Gospel narrative, namely the central mysteries of the Catholic faith: Christ’s Incarnation, his Passion and Death, his sacrificial meal known as the Eucharist, and his Resurrection and Ascension into heaven.

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/nolongeri/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Peter Breen on his book Dear Mr Putin (August 17, 2022)

An epistolary exhortation in monthly installments to Mr. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, that asks: “Are you sure about waging war and brandishing a cross against the woman who promised Russia’s conversion and world peace…?”

“If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; and various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.” From Mary’s prophecy at Fatima in Portugal – July 13, 1917

“What I started in Fatima, I will complete in Medjugorje. My heart will triumph.” When Our Lady said these words, all I knew about Fatima was that it was vaguely similar to Medjugorje — the Blessed Mother had appeared to three children there. But after this message, I became curious about it, and the more I learned, the more I began to see deeper connections between Fatima and Medjugorje.” Mirjana Soldo, My Heart Will Triumph, 2016

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on his book The Wonder of the Eucharist (August 11, 2022)

This book examines some of the major literary voices from the past century who deepened our understanding of the Eucharist by embedding it in their short stories, novels, memoirs, and spiritual writings. The voices within these pages give witness to the abiding yet ever elusive presence of the God who calls himself, “Emmanuel, which means, God with us” (Mt 1:23).

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/thewonderoftheeucharist/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on his book The Blessings of the Beatitudes (August 11, 2022)

This book is about the vision Jesus sets before his hearers of a world ruled by justice and love. The eight beatitudes provide hope to all who listen to and follow the call of the kingdom in their hearts. Without that hope, there would be no place in the human heart for the Spirit of God to dwell, and the kingdom of God would not be able to reach its completion. With that hope, all things are possible–even the unspoken miracle that turns a hateful heart into a tranquil reservoir of divine peace.

https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/blessingsofthebeatitudes/

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