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With thoroughgoing research, wide reading of the spiritual traditions and a sparkling style of writing, Fr Longenecker opens the lives and wisdom of Benedict and Therese in a new and refreshing way. Go here to purchase the e-book edition. FREE SHIPPING! -
The Gargoyle Code is a collection of email correspondence between Senior devil Slubgrip and trainee devil Dogwart. The letters instruct Dogwart how to tempt his young Catholic victim, err, I mean patient. Meanwhile Slubgrip has to keep an eye on his own, elderly Catholic patient all the time watching his back because the other devils are plotting his downfall. Gargoyle Code provides a hilarious and sobering journey through Lent for serious Catholics who are not always so serious. Available as an e-book for $7.99. Go here for e-book Kindle edition. Go here to listen to Fr Longenecker read Gargoyle Code as a podcast-audiobook. Slubgrip Instructs: Go here to learn about the exciting sequel to The Gargoyle Code--Slubgrip Instructs. FREE SHIPPING! -
For many years Fr. Longenecker has written poetry as a hobby, and this is his first collection of verse. The poems spring from his life as a priest both in England and in South Carolina. They are simple, subtle and understated. The poet observes the ordinary world and reflects on the deeper hidden meanings that lie within. -
Listen My Son captures the spirit of the ancient Rule of St Benedict and applies it to the day to day demands of modern parenting. Apologies for the high price of this book, but it is good value. In effect it is two books in one as it contains the entire Rule of St Benedict as part of the text. FREE SHIPPING! -
Discover the parallels between your life and the Mysteries of the Rosary while experiencing the healing graces of Our Lady. Where our lives are characterized by trauma, stress, pain, or sadness, this ancient contemplative prayer can bring acceptance, understanding, and joy.Through a series of stories, reflections, and prayerful meditations, Father Longenecker reveals a powerful and very personal approach to using the Rosary as a process of transformation and healing from the inside out. Purchase the e-book here for $14.50 FREE SHIPPING! -
“Father Dwight Longenecker does for Catholicism what C. S. Lewis did for "mere Christianity". Those looking for the way home by taking the path to Rome will find this book an excellent and reliable guide for the journey.” -- -- Joseph Pearce--author of C.S.Lewis and the Catholic Church “Convert Father Dwight makes a powerfully "pure and simple" presentation of the Catholic faith. From fundamentalist Protestant to Anglican to Catholic; from America to England and back again; he asked difficult questions, and in this fine text, he successfully presents the answers that helped him make his journey home.” FREE SHIPPING! -- Marcus Grodi, host EWTN’s Journey’s Home, author How Firm a Foundation and Pillar and Bulwark Available in hard copy for $15.95 or as an e-book. Price $7.99. For e-book go here. -
More Christianity explores the fullness of the Christian faith in the Catholic Church. This is a friendly explanation of Catholicism for Evangelical Christians. Taking off from C.S.Lewis' famous book with a similar name, More Christianity calls Evangelical Christians to come "further up and further in" to the Catholic Church. (Note: copies purchased from this site are the first edition with a different cover) FREE SHIPPING! -
"People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy." G.K. Chesterton Described as "a Chestertonian romp through the Apostle's Creed"--The Quest for the Creed consists of twenty short chapters exploring the Apostle's Creed. Quest for the Creed is the newly published and updated version of Adventures in Orthodoxy. With newly written chapters, this edition takes the reader one step further into the intriguing and mysterious Apostle's Creed. FREE SHIPPING! -
On his blog Fr Longenecker has a host of "guest bloggers". These alter egos are a range of eccentric and hilarious characters who liven up the blog and always reveal wise and witty aspects of the Catholic faith. The Rev'd Humphrey Blytherington is one of these alter egos. A bumbling Anglican country vicar--he is a lovable nitwit who always seems to get the wrong end of the stick. The Vicar of Great Snoring is a full length short story available as an e-book here for $2.99 on Kindle. -
C.S.Lewis said that Christianity works on us like every other myth except that it really happened. Dwight Longenecker takes this idea and runs with it. Showing that the Christian story is the greatest story ever told because it gathers up what is true in all the fantasy stories of the world and makes them as solid, true, and real as a tribe of dusty nomads in the desert or the death of a carpenter king. FREE SHIPPING! -
Slubgrip Instructs is the sequel to Fr Longenecker's successful book The Gargoyle Code. In The Gargoyle Code master tempter Slubgrip writes daily to trainee devil Dogwart--advising him on the temptation of a confused young Catholic, while he struggles to control his own ‘patient’--an older man who is facing a serious illness. Having been betrayed and sent down, Slubgrip now finds himself sentenced to teach Popular Culture 101 at Bowelbages University. His lectures and meetings, and those of his collection of fiendish guest lecturers are recorded by the security division at Bowelbages and the transcripts comprise the manuscript of Slubgrip Instructs. FREE SHIPPING! Slubgrip's lectures take the reader through the whole range of the temptations in popular culture that undermine the Catholic faith. While busy teaching and bullying his students, Slubgrip has his eye on toppling President Thornblade and his old enemies--Commissioner Crasston and head of Detention, the tempter Snozzle. Will Slubgrip’s coup succeed or will he receive yet another “invitation to dinner down below”? -
Digging into the archeology, culture, history and Biblical background of the ancient world at the time of Christ's birth, Fr Longenecker has put together an astounding case for the historical roots of the story of the three wise men.
