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I grew up as an atheist on Long Island. When I went to college, I picked fights with the most interesting wrong people I could find — which turned out to be the campus Catholics.

After reading an awful lot of books, years of late-night debates (the kinds that tended to include sentences like “Ok, imagine for the moment that God is a cylinder…”), and a fair amount of blogging, I was surprised but pleased to find out that I’d been wrong about religion, generally, and Catholicism in particular, and I was received into the Catholic Church in the winter of 2012.

My first book, Arriving at Amen is a tour through seven Catholic prayer practices, all of which (as a convert) I had to pick up as I would a second language -- so I cobbled together a creo ...more

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We’re so back, baby. Three kids plus touring but not writing a book meant (comparatively) more time for reading. My book launch and my littlest baby being big enough to not travel with me synced up well, and meant I had plenty of flights with no one on my lap and quiet time with paper books.

That meant for the first time since 2021 (one child, pregnant with the next, pandemic-ish, 117 books), I re

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	Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name by Leah Libresco (Goodreads Author), Rod Dreher (Foreword) 3.93 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arriving at Amen by Leah Libresco (Goodreads Author), Mark P. Shea (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto by Leah Libresco Sargeant, Leah Libresco (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 119 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers by Heidi Hess Saxton (Editor), Emily Wilson Hussem (Foreword), Jenna Guizar (Contributor) 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plough Quarterly No. 37 – The Enemy: UK Edition by Benjamin Crosby, Archbishop Angaelos, Zena Hitz 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plough Quarterly No. 28 - Creatures: The Nature Issue by Peter Mommsen (Editor), Adam Nicolson (Contributor), John Kempf (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table by Edwidge Danticat, Sarah Ruden, Daniel Larison 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plough Quarterly No. 26 – What Are Families For? by Ross Douthat, Edwidge Danticat, Sarah C. Williams 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Disappearing Ox: A Modern Version of a Classic Buddhist Tale

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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

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“If Mere Christianity helps make Christianity comprehensible, Orthodoxy makes it weird again.”
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“I wonder if Peter was chosen not for being the most perfect among the disciples (John is the beloved disciple to whom Christ entrusts his own mother) but for being the one who was most willing to bring his imperfections to God for correction.”
― Leah Libresco, Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer

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“Once he is stuck, Peter doesn’t try to take charge and undo his mistake; he keeps flailing his way toward Christ. My prayer life often feels like this kind of thrashing in Christ’s general direction, waiting and trusting that he’ll reach across the gap I can’t close on my own.”
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