Author-to-Author

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 youn...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Francis Etheredge on his book The Word in Your Heart: Mary, Youth, and Mental Health (February 21, 2024) Running away at 14. Attempting suicide. Pill prescriptions for almost every mental health condition: Marketing or medicine? The exponential rise of the medicalization of children. Personal experience. Conversion. Listenin...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Eugene Azorji on his book The Voices We Hear Daily (February 8, 2024) The Voices We Hear Daily is written as a simple narrative reflection on the four voices we hear every day–namely the voice of God, the voice of the world, the voice of self, and the voice of the Devil–our responses to which shape our human and spiritua...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Elsie Schwarz, Isaac Tenholder, Simon Sidorski, and Violet Alton on their book Jimmathy's Odyssey: A Tale of Unlikely Heroes (February 3, 2024) Jimmathy’s jackhammer is stolen by Rhino, and to get it back, he has to do a favor for a goblin. Join Jimmathy and his friends as they race around the world encountering languages an...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dorothy Cusick on her book The Daughter of the King (January 29, 2024). Counseled by a priest to put her children in an orphanage after being evicted from her home, Dorothy Cusick’s mother, Mary, was in danger of falling into despair. Poetically written, Dorothy’s story of how her mother faced the full weight of her responsi...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. Paul Murano on his book The Devil-ution of Society (January 3, 2024) In July, 1968, Pope Paul VI promulgated Humanae Vitae in which he observed that “a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce her...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Sr. Gianna Casino, LIHM, on her children's book Puffel (December 29, 2023) On a winter day in the enchanting land of Norway, Puffel can’t resist the urge to go outside and join his puffin pals for a snowball fight! Suddenly, he hears some waddly, unexpected guests arrive. Who could it be? Puffel’s eyes widen with excitement....

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Richard Ruesch on his book His Spoken Words (December 3, 2023) This book includes a complete compilation of the spoken words of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are contained in the verses of the New Testament, chronologically arranged from the time when His parents found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the temple tea...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. Bob Sizemore on his book Franciscanism: The Answer to Modernism (November 30, 2023) In a culture of death, St. Francis restores us to life. This book invites the reader into Franciscanism as the answer to Modernism. Franciscanism: The Answer to Modernism | En Route Books and Media Become a supporter of this podcast: http...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Dennis Billy, CSsR, on his book The Divinized Person (November 29, 2023) Scripture tells us that man was created in the image and likeness of God (Gn 1:26). This book explores the meaning of this statement, describing each of us as a living, flesh-and-blood icon, a visible representation intended to lead us to an encount...

In this episode of Author to Author, Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Pedro Gabriel on his book Heresy Disguised as Tradition. A widespread assertion in Catholic circles today is that one can disregard the teachings of Pope Francis or the Second Vatican Council if they teach something that seems to go against tradition. Is this the case? In this book, Pedro Gabriel proves that tradition is often c...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Rachel Heise on her book Flow Gently Days (November 13, 2023) The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back to our Heavenly Father and rem...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Thomas Kagumisa on his book Translanguaging: Teaching English to Secondary School Students in Tanzania (November 9, 2023) This book is a synthesis of Tanzanian educators’ core beliefs and perspectives on the effectiveness of translanguaging strategies in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to secondary school students...

In this episode of Author to Author, Andrew Likoudis talks about editing his grandfather's book Scholars of the Sacred: Dominican Theologians in Late Medieval Byzantium. This in-depth study of the Catholic–Orthodox reunion efforts during the tumultuous 11th–15th centuries reveals the vital role played by the Dominican Order in shaping the theological and political discourse of that era, with a foc...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Antony Kolenc on his book Murder at Penwood Manor (October 9, 2023) Xan and Christina embark on a journey to Harwood Abbey, where they reunite with their old friends, Lucy and Joshua. When a brutal murder occurs at nearby Penwood Manor, all evidence points to Laurence, a Crusader recently returned from the Holy Land. Unconvi...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Bob Sizemore on his book Franciscanism, the Answer to Modernism. (September 22, 2023) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/author-to-author--4129285/support .

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Amanda Lauer on her book Royal & Ancient (September 21, 2023) Bronwyn Campbell's end-of-summer plans were simple: wrap up her job at Saint Andrews Country Club, meet her friends one last time at the virtual reality arcade, and move across the country—again—with her father. But when lightning strikes while she's working t...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Annabelle Moseley on her book Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home (September 16, 2023) We are about to undertake an exhilarating journey together. Throughout this book, we will travel to the Mount of Olives implementing the tools of the garden as we keep the Holy Gardener company in Gethsemane and g...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Pat Flynn on his book The Best Argument for God (September 11, 2023). When the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas addressed the best arguments against God in his masterwork, the Summa Theologica , he listed only two. The first was the problem of evil: How can God — who is perfectly good — exist alongside that which is agains...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Elaine Weismann of The Center for the Study of the Great Ideas on Mortimer and Max and a lot of other things! (September 1, 2023) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/author-to-author--4129285/support .

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Dr. George Mychaskiw II on his book Follow the Science: A Catholic Physician’s Contemplations on Faith, Medicine, and the Catholic Church. (August 31, 2023) Do you ever wonder if the scientific world has lost its compass? Does it seem like the Catholic Church is increasingly irrelevant in a culture of death and secular self-...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Greg Cleveland, OMV, on his book Beloved Lover: The Priesthood in the Song of Songs (August 30, 2023) In the context of the mystical love poetry of the Song of Songs, Beloved Lover explores how the priest is the living image of Jesus Christ, the Spouse of the Church. The priest is called to spiritually live the spousal l...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Suzanne Mulrain on her contribution to the book Clerical Sexual Misconduct (August 29, 2023) The abuse, harassment, or devaluation of women, in any form by Catholic priests and bishops, raises concerns about: whether clerics have a healthy understanding of their own inherent dignity as male persons and spiritual fathers; whe...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson interviews Fr. Thomas Pulickal and Anthony Kunnumpurath, PhD, on their book The Art of Listening to Young People (August 28, 2023) Listening is a form of encounter that allows us to be with another person, to see through their eyes, and to journey with them. The Art of Listening to Young People uniquely blends extensive scientific rese...

In this episode of Author to Author, Dr. Cynthia Toolin-WIlson interviews Sr. Helen Adaku Ogbuji on her book Out of the Lips of Infants, Wisdom Comes: Retelling the Bible Stories (August 22, 2023) This book is the fruit of Sr. Helen’s years of learning how to reflect on the Word of God, both as a child and as an adult; and how each stage of learning, interpretation, interaction and knowledge, init...