A Big Red Heart

One summer while I was teaching at a Catholic-style Vacation Bible School, we were all in the church getting ready for daily Mass. The children were sitting quietly in the pews, alternating boy-girl-boy-girl, as we waited for Father to appear in the back of church, signaling the start of the opening song. But Father wasn’t… Read More A Big Red Heart

Mike Jordan Laskey: Love and pride for your country should go deeper than the World Cup

Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR on patriotism and the World Cup. He writes: Lincoln and King clearly had a deep, mature love of country. In the face of slavery and segregation, more cynical men would have laughed off the nation’s proclaimed ideals of “liberty and justice for all.” They, however, called… Read More Mike Jordan Laskey: Love and pride for your country should go deeper than the World Cup

Sudanese Christian Woman Freed After Death Sentence

CNN is reporting: A Sudanese woman who had been sentenced to death because she declined to renounce her Christian faith has been freed, her lawyer said Monday. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, reunited with her husband after getting out of custody, said her lawyer, Mohaned Mustafa El-Nour. An appeals court found that an initial judgment against… Read More Sudanese Christian Woman Freed After Death Sentence