Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel is not for the faint of heart. But it rewards the effort to read through a story about self-perception and the internal monologues that rattle through all of our heads.
October 2020
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The little town of Bethlehem is slowly getting smaller because of expanding Israeli settlements.
According to the Oslo Accords, Israel retains control over security and land management in “Area C,” 60 percent of the West Bank, where Mr. Abu Eid’s orchard is located. He feels his land is under constant threat of confiscation by Israel.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I didn’t watch the Amy Coney Barrett hearings—and I’m a better Christian for it.
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Reforms don’t work. The police must be defunded.
The moral legitimacy of modern policing is poisoned by Its racist and anti-worker roots, writes Dwayne David Paul. We must give up the idea that the state provides safety through force and violence.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Don’t abolish the police. Reimagine law enforcement.
Law enforcement in the United States has been tainted by racism, writes Tobias Winright, but we can reimagine and cultivate a new culture of ”just policing.”
Posted inFaith, News
Seven more Swiss Guards test positive for Covid-19 at the Vatican, bringing total to 11
Seven more Swiss Guards have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing to 11 confirmed cases
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Five things Catholic priests can do during the election to keep their parish non-partisan
One tip: Keep partisan politics out of the parish bulletin and the parish website.
Posted inFaith, News
A kidnapped Catholic priest was released after two years. Now he’s praying for his captors.
Father Maccalli was serving in a parish in Bomoanga, Niger, when militant extremists from Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, a branch of al-Qaida in Mali, kidnapped him in September 2018.
Posted inFaith, News
San Francisco’s archbishop plans exorcism where Junipero Serra statue was vandalized
San Francisco’s archbishop plans to conduct an exorcism Oct. 17 at the site of a now-toppled statue of St. Junipero Serra at St. Rafael Mission Church in San Rafael.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Our political options are depressing, but Christians still have reason for hope.
We do not simply submit because someone must rule. Having been given some say, we must strive to speak according to what we think Christ would have us say.