Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech 57 years ago today. I’m understating the case to say that nonviolence hasn’t quite won out yet. I could fill this post with links to news reports just from today, from this country, proving that point. With all that Dr. King wrote and said,Continue reading “Still dreaming”
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Discovering Dorothy Day’s “The Long Loneliness”
(Original version published on Goodreads.) I suspect Dorothy Day would have winced at the word “legendary” in the subtitle assigned to her memoir: the autobiography of the legendary Catholic social activist. Humility informs every page of The Long Loneliness. So does clear and inviting prose, a testament to Day’s experience as a journalist. She was aContinue reading “Discovering Dorothy Day’s “The Long Loneliness””
A pro-life journey: “you know what changed my mind?…”
Consider these two tweets from @LetiAdams: I wish I could get it across to ppl just how much “abortion kills a baby” didn’t work to get me to understand the truth about abortion.…You know what changed my mind? Grace. Plus encountering Christians who didn’t shout at me about how wrong I was about everything. ThisContinue reading “A pro-life journey: “you know what changed my mind?…””
