Episode 196: Francis Etheredge on Human Nature: Moral Norm (082022)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Lynda Rozell on her book Journeys with a Tin Can Pilgrim: from corporate lawyer to Airstream nomad: finding joy in everyday life. (March 7, 2024)

Three years ago, Lynda Rozell sold her house, quit her job, and began living on the road full-time in an Airstream travel trailer that she tows with a RAM 1500 truck. This book chronicles Lynda's transformation from her previous life to that of a Tin Can Pilgrim, including her ongoing spiritual growth and the practical skills she has acquired to live in and tow her Airstream trailer. Lynda seeks to live out her Christian faith in her ordinary, everyday life as she travels around the country visiting campgrounds, RV resorts, parks, and religious sites. Through engaging stories, she invites others into the communities she has found on the road and shares the beauty of Creation and spiritual signposts that continue to lead her to radical trust in God.



Journeys with a Tin Can Pilgrim: from corporate lawyer to Airstream nomad: finding joy in everyday life: Rozell, Lynda, Bryhn, Torund, Willett, Richard, Fjæra, Hege Teresa: 9798985745801: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Devin Rose on his book Lionheart Catholic: How to Become a Saint in These Dark Times. (March 6, 2024)

Sound familiar? - Are you stuck confessing the same sins again and again in Confession? Break through your spiritual plateau with this simple practice called mental prayer. Hardly any Catholics, even priests, know about it anymore, yet all the saints practiced it and overcame their habitual sins through it. And you can too. - Are you fearful that your children will leave the Catholic Faith when they grow up? Keep your children Catholic with this simple, everyday practice that speaks louder than words. - Do you long for your loved ones to become Catholic, or return to the Church? In Lionheart Catholic, I help Catholics who don't know the Faith that well lead their loved ones into the Church, following the powerful but simple ideas that St. Francis de Sales and St. Edmund Campion perfected 400 years ago.

https://www.lionheartcatholic.com/

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Jennifer Gladden on her book Angel Donor: Olivia's Journey to Transplant (March 4, 2024)

Olivia never asked to have a disease like Biliary Atresia. It made her liver sick and only a transplant will make her better. After waiting several months and close to losing hope, she gets the call she's been waiting for. The journey of her life is about to begin.

Angel Donor: Olivia's Journey to Transplant: Gladen, Jennifer, Bell, Samantha: 9781735698748: Amazon.com: Books

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Ellen Kolb on her book Pro-Life Journeys: An anthology from Leaven for the Loaf, a Granite State pro-life blog (March 3, 2024)

Since 2012, Ellen Kolb has been writing at leavenfortheloaf.com about the pro-life movement, with a focus on New Hampshire. Pro-Life Journeys is an anthology of posts from the blog's first decade, telling the stories of people working to defend human dignity and build a culture of life.

Compiled in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Pro-Life Journeys is not about current headlines. Instead, in a collection of essays spanning a decade, it's about people whose work is building a foundation for the future.

From the State House in Concord, Ms. Kolb reports on legislative battles that carry lessons for activists everywhere. She interviews women who have found their way to pro-life work via unexpected paths. She travels to a regional conference to listen to a woman confronting terminal cancer who speaks out courageously against assisted suicide. While in the Nation's Capital for the March for Life, she hears from unconventional pro-life allies who defy stereotyping.

The inspiring people described in Pro-Life Journeys reflect many facets of pro-life work. There are essays about New Hampshire activists as well as people who have made their mark nationally. Some of the activists share the author's Catholic faith, while others hold a firmly secular worldview. What they have in common is a commitment to peaceful pro-life action.

Pro-Life Journeys: An anthology from Leaven for the Loaf, a Granite State pro-life blog - Kindle edition by Kolb, Ellen. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Wendy Forest on her forthcoming book Mary's Well (March 1, 2024)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Suzanne Cruz on her book Where the Trees of Freedom Are (February 29, 2024)

Where did our freedom come from? Joshua learns that for centuries humans have met under trees to discuss ways they could become sovereign individuals and be the masters of their own lives. As a parent, you will love reading this historical account of how humans gained the freedoms they enjoy today. This book will both enlighten and delight both the reader and the listener.

Products — Suzanne Cruz

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Lisa Livezey on her book My Year with Mom: A Caregiver's Devotional Story (February 28, 2024)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Angela Joy Lano on her Ministry as a Self-Published Catholic Freelance Writer (February 28, 2024)

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In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Rich Agnello on his books Going to Williamsport and Our Marian Pulpit: From a Lector’s Soul House (February 27, 2024)

Going to Williamsport

What would you do if you were the 12-year-old new ace pitcher of a very small town baseball team, and you and your teammates went on in one magical year to represent your far western Oklahoma panhandle roots at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and you were much too embarrassed beyond mere words to see your own mother cheer you on in the bleachers as you take the big stage hundreds of miles away?
This is Sooner's situation, and his story is Going to Williamsport, as he experiences his mom suffering through acute paranoid psychosis during the early years of deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in the Eisenhower administration. Without the option to "just put her away" anymore, the only child Sooner sees his own embarrassment and severe contempt for a Semper Fi father who will not deny his marriage vows, nor his unbelievable love for his own son.
Going to Williamsport matters more than anything to Sooner, but definitely not at the expense of seeing "her" in those stands. In his own words, he takes as much as he possibly can, and then makes incredibly clear in the clearest of places that he alone, with his Cimarron Coyotes team is Going to Williamsport, without Dad and certainly without Mom.

Amazon.com: Going to Williamsport: 9781643786537: Agnello, Rich: Books

Our Marian Pulpit: From A Lector’s Soul House

Humans can be devoted to many things. For Catholics Christians in particular, devotion has special purpose and meaning, especially to Our Savior’s Mother.

Too often for those in the Lector ministry, though, devotion is synonymous with dedication, as it merely applies to the skill or craft of performing a role in liturgy. Preparation and execution then become separate and apart from any prayer and purpose, and this demeans both God’s Word and the Liturgy of the Word building into the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Author Rich Agnello can certainly advocate from a craft view, applying 50 years nationally to this ministry, including eight at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., not to mention his Marquette University College of Communication academic training.

Yet this is not Agnello’s focus, nor that of his book Our Marian Pulpit: From a Lector’s Soul House. Undoubtedly, mechanics are indeed important here, and the author’s detailed and desire-focused review of twelve Lector Elements, or LEs, are evidence of this. What is much more essential, however, is primary intention, or in the spiritual sphere, primary devotion. Agnello builds this devotion development in a manner similar to building a house, or to the individual Catholic Lector, their own soul house.

For the author, the depth of our devotion to life as a time of salvation preparation is most essential. While we may think we fully know Christ and his Church through reading the Sacred Scriptures, the Catholic essential is that nobody knows Him quite like She does, both on earth and in heaven.

Therefore, the Lector’s place to proclaim the Mass’ readings is Our Marian Pulpit. From this place, all Lay Ministers of the word see the Bible--and ultimately see Jesus--through Our Lady’s vision. Incredibly, from that vision born in us, most any spiritually devout Catholic can share their own testimony of faith effectively through their Lector ministry. This is identical to our relationship with the Lord: Lectors must own this responsibility and lead all of us to the Eucharist, just as Mary guides all of us to Jesus.

Those who are new to this ministry will find Our Marian Pulpit: From a Lector’s Soul Housea tremendous foundation to use a prayer life of depth for a humble role of service. Moreover, experienced Lectors will discover a springboard for renewal in this book, as they take a profound Marian way from very good to profoundly better in both their personal and liturgical holiness.

Our Marian Pulpit: From A Lector’s Soul House: Agnello, Rich: 9798874003326: Amazon.com: Books

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews John Aquaviva on his book Improving your Kids’ Body Image through Catholic Teaching (February 23, 2024)

Improving your Kids’ Body Image through Catholic Teaching: How Theology of the Body and Other Church Teachings Can Transform your Life is the unique approach to the body image crisis that impacts many children. From a young age, our kids are under immense pressure from a variety of sources that can determine the value of their bodies. But God has something to say about this as well. Saint John Paul II’s wonderful teaching known as Theology of the Body is the book’s guiding force. Along with Scripture and the Church’s Sacraments, this book is an excellent parenting tool to guide your child so they see the worth of their bodies as designed by our Creator. In addition, this book discusses the numerous causes of a poor body image and includes chapters on how to instill fitness and sound nutrition into your family life.

Improving your Kids’ Body Image through Catholic Teaching: How Theology of the Body and Other Church Teachings Can Transform your Life by John Acquaviva | En Route Books and Media

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