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The Question That Never Goes Away 8 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
After traveling to Newtown, Connecticut, last December, I put aside other writing projects to write a short book called The Question That Never Goes Away. Even as I was writing it, more tragedies occ...
Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela 19 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” —Nelson Mandela In 1994 Nelson Mandela was elected to the presidency of South Africa. Things were tense: 14,000 people...
Two Cheers For Radicals 5 Jul 2013 | 09:53 am
I like radicals. Admittedly they make me uncomfortable, but I’ve concluded that’s a good thing. Last month I visited Jubilee Partners, a radical Christian community near Athens, Georgia, where several...
Apostle To The Rednecks 8 Jun 2013 | 03:13 am
A truly original character died this week. I first got to know Will Campbell through his splendid book Brother to a Dragonfly. Typical of Will, he shone the spotlight not on his own story but rather...
Jackie’s Giant Bat 31 May 2013 | 04:24 am
Last week I saw the movie 42, the story of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player. Critics have found fault with 42 for being predictable and simplistic, but for long stretche...
Farewell, Brennan 27 Apr 2013 | 12:01 pm
I’ll let you in on a dirty little secret. A facility with words may make writers sound confident and wise but most often we write about what we long for. Thus books on marriage often emerge from dif...
Why Do They Hate Us? 20 Apr 2013 | 05:45 am
Like the rest of the country, I’m reeling from news of the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon and the follow-up spree of violence and subsequent manhunt. I keep flashing back to September 11, 20...
Suffering, Recycled 10 Mar 2013 | 06:12 am
Someone sent me this delightful video just as I was reading a book that explores the word redeem. Slum children creating music out of garbage stands as a perfect metaphor for a word usually encounter...
Winter Warmth 17 Feb 2013 | 07:13 am
Those of us who live in snow lands love to complain about the weather. We tell stories about spending the night in a church basement when the highway shut down, and the time it got so cold that spit f...
Talks at Newtown, Connecticut 27 Jan 2013 | 05:11 am
Some of you have written to ask about my visit to Newtown. Well, if you have the patience to sit still and watch a talk on your computer screen (I don’t!), here’s a link to a video of what I … Continu...
