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Item #: 1004818
ISBN: 9780867168679
Author: Robert Lockwood
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 176
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What if the good life has less to do with prestige and plenty and more to do with prudence, hope and faith? Would you still want a guide to get there? Maybe the idea of a life based on the virtues creates an uneasy feeling. Too hard, you might think, too boring. Robert Lockwood sets the record straight in A Guy's Guide to the Good Life Lockwood weaves Scripture, Church teaching and everyday stories - from Babe Ruth's funeral to the author's doomed efforts to make the varsity basketball team - revealing the virtues for what they really are: a call to action and our tie to the living God. The virtuous life isn't just the good life; it's the best life, the life you were made for.

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Readable conversational truths 5.00 out of 5

By: Lionel Valdellon (Hayward, CA, January 19, 2010)
Pros: Numerous examples; Readable prose; Full of Catholic truth;
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
Lockwood has a knack for bringing the lofty ideals down to everyday practical advice. This book is not a manual — far from that. It is a cross between dinner conversation, a talk given at a recollection and a personal journal. There are moments in when he is able to distill the essence of our Catholic faith into a single memory from his own journey, and when he does, it is brilliant prose which makes the heart ache. Don't expect a tearjerker though. After all, this is a book written for men in particular. And if you can get past the title (which I feel could've used more explicit Catholic verbiage or maybe a subtitle like "Living out the 7 cardinal virtues") then what you have is a fascinating examination of our vibrant life as sons and daughters of God. And that's what I consider "the good life."