NEWS PROVIDED BY
Catholic Answers
Dec. 17, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 17, 2024 /Standard Newswire/ -- Christine Flynn was like millions of young women (and men) of our times. Searching for meaning in her life, career, and relationships, but without a firm religious upbringing, she thought she could find truth and inner strength by being “personally spiritual.” At the same time, she derisively rejected “organized religion” with its old-fashioned rites and morality.

She was sure that her unique connection with the powers of the cosmos would make her happy. Until it all came crashing down.

In Not Just Spiritual, Flynn (The Catholic Mama) tells the compelling story of her journey from vague homemade spirituality to faith in Christ and membership in the Catholic Church. Its details resonate especially strongly with Millennial and GenZ experience: a rootless longing for truth and connection; curious dabblings in New Age, occult, and self-help systems; the wakeup call when sex and success and the appearance of freedom bring not joy but emptiness. Her story is real, in places painful, but it leads to a place of hope and peace that inspires.

“God created us with a desire for the transcendent,” says Todd Aglialoro, director of publishing for Catholic Answers Press. “And our culture tells us to satisfy it with individual experiences and relativistic truth. But Christine Flynn’s courageous sharing of her story reminds us, in contrast, that spiritual fulfilment is ultimately found only in Jesus Christ and participation in his mystical body.”

About the Author:
Christine Flynn is a Catholic author, wife, and mother of five young children. She writes about parenting, culture, and popular theology at the Catholic Mama substack.

CONTACT: Kerry Beck, 619-387-7200, kbeck@catholic.com