"Give us water to drink" (Ex 17:2). Our Lent finishes with the Holy Week in Jerusalem. If, thanks to Moses' obedience, a river of water flowed from the rock, thanks to Jesus' obedience, a river of graces flows from his heart. The Rock is Christ Moses struck with his staff; the soldier strikes with his lance and a river flows, not only of water, but blood and water. Our rock is Jesus Christ This book of daily meditations leads you from Palm Sunday through Holy Week and Easter to Divine Mercy Sunday contemplating the mystery of God's love revealed in Jesus Christ.

"Holidays and Other Disasters" considers the major U.S. holidays-Easter, Christmas, Opening Day, etc.-from an atheist's perspective. It examines explicitly religious holidays, those that have a definite if not always acknowledged religious thrust (Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving) and secular holidays that had religious elements added on (like Labor Day) by way of personal stories, usually the author's own. Where other people have especially revealing holiday stories, as is the case with Jack Johnson (the first black heavyweight champion) and the Fourth of July, novelist Salman Rushdie and Valentine's Day or labor leader Eugene V. Debs and Labor Day, Rodwan tell theirs. Of course, holidays aren't about religion alone, and Holidays and Other Disasters doesn't look narrowly at them as pageants of piety. Rather, the book considers the various issues holidays raise, including race and class, and discusses other forms of expressive activity, such as literature, music and sports, along with religion and holiday rituals.

Given today's religiously charged political climate-and an increase in secular Americans pushing back against the Religious Right-this book from Humanist Press fits the times by taking a look at some of history's greatest secular heroes. "Damned Good Company" by Luis Granados contains 20 tales of incredible human bravery where claims of divine authority were defiantly challenged. From Socrates to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, these stories will inspire those today who want to stand up to the Christian Right, the Muslim fanatics, the oppressiveness of Catholic and Jewish orthodoxy, the rising Hindu Taliban, and everyone else who claims the God-given right to tell the rest of us what to do. In short, it's a "Profiles in Courage" for humanists.

Que fecundidad podemos esperar en nuestra vida? Nuestra vieja Europa nos responde rapido: puedes esperar producir mas y mejor, esto es, hacer mas comoda y segura tu vida. A esta respuesta va emparejada la respuesta practica a la gran pregunta sobre los hijos: el miedo. Este panorama contrasta con otro: el que viven regiones mas pobres, donde los ninos pueblan calles y escuelas. O, incluso, la fecundidad de tantas familias que han apostado por la vida desafiando el futuro. En ellos se aprecia otra mirada, otra alegria, otra esperanza. Que fecundidad esperan? (Jose Noriega) "Este libro nos depara una deliciosa lectura, que recuerda la parabola del sembrador. Los autores esparcen mil semillas, pero no a voleo, sino con buen orden, que es fuente de la mas alta belleza" (del prologo de D. Alfonso Lopez Quintas) SUMARIO Prologo (Alfonso Lopez Quintas) Introduccion (Luis Granados - Ignacio de Ribera) A. El secreto de la fecundidad: el corazon nuevo 1. La fecundidad de la Palabra que engendra (Carlos Granados Garcia) 2. La fecundidad del Espiritu en la fecundidad humana (Jose Noriega Bastos) 3. El tiempo de la fecundidad: de generacion en generacion (Jose Granados Garcia) B. La logica de la fecundidad: la sorpresa del fruto 4. El grano de trigo y la paradoja del fruto (Luis Sanchez Navarro) 5. La sobreabundancia del Espiritu (Luis Granados Garcia) 6. El discernimiento: fruto o producto? (Juan de Dios Larru Ramos) C. El hogar de la fecundidad: la comunion 7. La novedad del ser y la fecundidad de la comunion (Ignacio de Ribera Martin) 8. "De generacion en generacion" la fecundidad en la familia y en la virginidad (Leopoldo Vives Soto) 9. Las practicas como mediacion de la fecundidad(Jaime de Cendra de Larragan)