Catholic Fire

1. Rooted in Love: Our Calling as Catholic Women by Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle 2. Jacob's Ladder: Ten Steps to Truth by Peter Kreeft 3 . StrangeGods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life  by Elizabeth Sacalia 4. The Miracle of Father Kaupan -- Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero by Roy Wenzel and Travis Heying 5.  Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God by Daniel Burke with Fr. John Bartunek 6. Fill These Hearts:God, Sex, and the Universal Longing by Christopher West 7. Along the Way: Lessons for an Authentic Journey of Faith by Randy Hain

By Elizabeth Scalia, released May 2013, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 168 pages, Paperback and Kindle. Available from Ave Maria Press, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, Major books stores and Catholic and Christian book stores. Reviewed by JEAN M. HEIMANN, M.A. in Theology, freelance writer, retired psychologist, and oblate with the Community of St. John. As captivating and as provocative as her blog posts, Elizabeth Scalia’s StangeGods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life , is an eye-opening account of how we, as believers, who think of idolatry as ancient practice, have made idols out of many things in our lives – technology, coolness and sex, and even our plans. Although it was a little shocking to discover these idols exist, at times, even in my own life, I was also comforted by the fact that there are ways to eliminate them. Scalia writes in a clear, comprehensible manner, explaining lofty theological concepts in easy to understand terms. She draws the reader in wi...