Monthly archive: January 2010
In keeping with the theme we began last week, we are beginning to talk more and more about great First Communion gift ideas. Last year, we received copies of The St. Joseph Illustrated Bible for the first time, and I posted briefly on the book amid some other children’s Bibles that became available about the [...]
If you like contemporary Catholic music with a hint of Jazz, as well as some really exciting guitar and underlying rhythms, you will enjoy Curtis Stephan’s Through the Storm. An album that makes me smile every time I think about it, this compilation will have you energized, leave you reflective, and may even cause a few [...]
Jan
The Power of Pause
Every once in a while, a book comes to the store, passes through my hands, and makes me think to myself I HAVE to read this! That’s exactly what happened the minute I found Terry Hershey’s book The Power of Pause. I waited a little while to post on this book with good reason. We [...]
As we get closer to the season of Lent, we know that we have to be prepared to offer more and more information about great first Communion gift ideas. To start that off, I thought that it would be a great idea to begin with one of our favorite books from the last two years. [...]
Combining classical themes of great composers like Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven, with the modern take of popular pianists such as Jim Brickman, William Joseph’s release Beyond is like nothing I’ve heard in one album. The music soars from the speakers, pairing fast glitzandos and slower, methodical riffs. Bringing beautiful imagery to the mind, this is [...]
I have done little to hide my affinity for St. Benedict of Nursia and his famous Rule. In my experience of reading The Rule in several translations and interpretations, I have come to see how readily it applies to the world as much now as it did in the 7th Century, when it was initially [...]
Greetings all on this wonderful Friday afternoon! We are planning our first big order of 2010 for the First Communion Banner Kits! If your parish is in need of these kits for your class, or if you need just one for your child this year, please contact us as soon as possible. Nearly 80% of [...]
A few months back, we had an interesting little book show up on our shelves from one of our vendors. It was a small, but chunky, book, simply titled My Golden Children’s Bible. Surprisingly, it became an instant hot item for children. The book became especially popular for our Baptism customers, because it provides short stories [...]
Greetings all on this wonderful Thursday! (I can say wonderful, because it’s above-freezing temperatures, and even though the sky is overcast, it’s not nearly as icy today as earlier this week!) We just received and got on the floor a new shipment of visor clips and auto Rosaries! We now have a great selection of [...]
For those who are fans of Matt Maher, your wait for a new release is over! Alive Again hit stores recently, and we are now waiting for our first shipment of the compilation. Following the success of Empty & Beautiful, Maher’s second mainstream Christian release is being distributed under the Essential Label. Built from Maher’s [...]