What to read

The Greater Reset: Reclaiming Human Sovereignty Under Natural Law
Michael D. Greaney and Dawn K. Brohawn
TAN Books, 392 pages

In June 2020, as it addressed global strategies for combating the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum also offered a proposal for “the future state of global relations, the direction of national economies, the priorities of societies, the nature of business models and the management of a global commons.” Critics say this “Great Reset” would erode personal freedom and concentrate even more power in the hands of a global elite. This book counters that human dignity can best be promoted and protected with a return to heeding the universal principles of natural law given by God. That’s the “Greater Reset” the world needs now.

Deep Adventure: The Way of Heroic Virtue
Bear Woznick
Sophia Institute Press, 208 pages

Bear Woznick is a well-tatted adventurer and surfer dude, and a worldclass one at that. He’s also a devout Catholic and an accomplished television scriptwriter (“Hawaii Five-O,” unsurprisingly). Put all that together, and you’ve got a page-turner of a book that others profound spiritual advice drawing from the real-life experience of a man who has confronted and conquered dangers and challenges. He covers living with purpose, learning to pray, overcoming bad habits, building virtue, abandoning oneself to God’s will, embracing one’s cross, and carrying it heroically. Life sends some big waves, but Bear will show how to ride them to shore without a wipeout.

A Lifetime of Love: A Game Plan for Marriage and Family Life
Lou Holtz
Ave Maria Press, 114 pages

When you’re a devoutly Catholic couple who spend 59 years together in a happy and fruitful marriage, you can be considered something of an expert. Former University of Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz shares that well-earned expertise in his usual inimitable style in this slender-but-powerful volume. “I think in our life together we learned many lessons about what makes a successful marriage and how to ride the ups and downs of married life,” he writes. What follows is some championship-level coaching on Holy Matrimony and parenthood as well as a touching tribute to Lou’s beloved late wife, Beth, who died in 2020 after a two-decade battle with throat cancer.