Author Archives: karlaschultz

Tucked away in the cultural district of Atlanta is an educational and edifying museum on Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Jewish culture and spirituality known as the Bremen Museum. It is of manageable size, and the more graphic and intense sections … Continue reading →

The High Museum in Atlanta occupies an interesting place among America museums. While it has a lower profile than familiar landmarks such as the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago, it … Continue reading →

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden is a family-friendly zoo with a diversity of animals and activities that stands out for a city of its size. It is really three facilities in one: zoo, aquarium, and botanical gardens, each worthy of a … Continue reading →

The Liturgical Press has been publishing works on biblical spirituality by Gerhard Lohfink for several years now, and the titles just keep getting better. Their most recent publication, “The Forty Parables of Jesus”, is an insightful and well-organized exposition of … Continue reading →

You really can’t go wrong with anything written by the late biblical scholar Fr. Demetrius Dumm. He is one of the few elite scholars who writes not only in an accessible and understandable manner, but also captures the spiritual meaning … Continue reading →

If you watch or attend daily mass, or read the lectionary readings, Easter Fire should not be an optional purchase. Call it essentially mandatory. A sequel to the previous volumes on Ordinary time readings, it exhibits many of the same … Continue reading →

Cistercian Press continues their updated translation and release of a spiritual classic with the publication of Volume 5 of Gregory the Great’s “Moral Reflections on the Book of Job.”  The translator is Brother Brian Kerns, who has lived primarily at … Continue reading →

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a landmark museum in downtown Dallas, walking distance from the Dallas Museum of Art. The Perot Museum is a delightful excursion for both children and adults because of the variety of its … Continue reading →

In 1993, Paulist Press published Paul VI: The First Modern Pope, a definitive biography of Pope Paul VI by veteran Vatican correspondent Peter Hebblethwaite. It received very good reviews but went out of print after a few years. In conjunction … Continue reading →

Fr. Lawrence Boadt’s Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction has been the standard Catholic introduction for the last three decades. In the wake of his death in 2010, Paulist Press selected two prominent Catholic biblical scholars, Fr. Richard Clifford, SJ, … Continue reading →