All those who eat are called to care about the plight of those whose work produced the eating.
Rural issues
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Living in Trump’s America: A West Virginia town looks for a fresh start
Moundsville, while in decline, has never been nearly as bad as the picture of rusting hell Mr. Trump painted in his inauguration address.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Wendell Berry: a yeoman farmer and voice for rural America
Berry is an advocate of small farms, rural communities and Judeo-Christian values like kindness.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A trip to the country’s oldest Catholic radio station. Location: Nome, Alaska
KNOM has been broadcasting news, weather and the Mass to Alaskans since 1971.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What “S-Town” gets wrong about life in rural America
“S-Town” borders on being another American “poverty tour,” which rarely benefits those who are on display.
Posted inFaith, Features
Faith is strong in middle America’s small towns—but its future is uncertain.
On any given Sunday, the pews of St. Michael’s in Axtell, Kan., are filled with more than half the town’s population.
Posted inBooks, Politics & Society
Like A Good Neighbor
Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University is now pretty much the dean of American sociologists of religion. Much like the late Rev. Andrew Greeley, Wuthnow is a very prolific author, penning a book about once a year.