Goodness and Light: Advent & Christmas ReadingsINDEPENDENT PUBLISHER ILLUMINATION GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNER (HOLIDAY THEME) Goodness and Light brings together 48 reflections, poems, and stories a number of them original from a wide range of beloved writers. Day by day these readings surprise with joy and comfort with peace. Included are selections by Harper Lee, Maya Angelou, Thomas Merton, Frederick Buechner, Robert Barron, Richard Rohr, Anna Quindlen, Brian Doyle, Willa Cather, Carlo Carretto,

Father Bill invites us to consider the ways that God’s story is written in all the everyday dramas of family life—especially those that open our hearts

often at great risk

do justice

Cúentame: Narrative in the Ecclesial Present

" —Gustavo Gutiérrez

and later an international ambassador for peace

" --Dorothee Soelle

advances an under­standing that is harmonious with the implica­tions of Jesus’ own life and teachings

" --John Haught

Number 3 July 2000 468-471

one of the founding officers of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists

the structure of the book allows teachers (both high school and university) to separate out discrete issues for study and discussion