Moments of Grace: Days of a Faith-Filled Dreamer is a book of insight and wisdom written by one of the country’s best essayists, and provides a much needed balance to the daily bombardment of war, bank and real estate corruption, and the loss of American innocence. Politicians are infusing stimulus packages into our banks, into our schools and into our job markets because our greed has made us economically bankrupt. Many people are in economic distress as well as spiritual distress. Church attendance is down across the country. Church authority and wisdom are being eroded. Readers will find inspiration and hope in this accessible book that one can pick up and read during a free moment. It will strike a chord in these difficult times. It is: —A collection of essays about the American dream, from a writer who has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, the New York Times, the National Catholic Reporter, Reader’s Digest —A book about how things once were: Halloween, Christmas, summers, fatherhood, children, baseball —A reminder about how lovely things could be in a gloomy world. †