1. Catholic Herald: “Another Rwanda” in Nigeria?
2. Crux: Pope Francis makes an ecumenical prayer trip for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East.
3. Hunter Baker in The Public Discourse:
“Racism is a sin. Abortion is a sin. Both deny human dignity. Both degrade a being made in the image and likeness of God. We must combat both.”
4.
Sometimes we’re too close to something to see how messed up it is. Last week I was off socials for several days at an event. When I opened them back up, I saw how sick they were. Beyond sick. Dangerous. If we don’t stop, potentially deadly. It’s time for a backlash of civility.
— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) July 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/terryteachout/status/1013122643019685889
5. New York Times: In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
6. Via the Cincinnati Enquirer: Foster care providing some permanence for a girl who’s experienced a lot of trauma.
7. The Macon Telegraph: Georgia faces massive foster care crisis as number of kids needing homes surges
8. Another thing to backlash again … one book at a time:
Washington Post: Leisure reading in the U.S. is at an all-time low
9. I know there is an audience for this within the reach of this post (and who would consider this leisure reading).
Just finished reading this great collection of essays. It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a book as much as this. Endlessly thought-provoking, even when, especially when, wrong. https://t.co/4Rc0QYkxVr @CUAPress pic.twitter.com/tKGjIQ9jde
— Ryan T. Anderson (@RyanTAnd) June 29, 2018
10.
Scenes from the Life of Christ #fraangelico #earlyrenaissance pic.twitter.com/YdltRvHcuH
— Fra Angelico (@artistangelico) July 2, 2018
PLUS:
A Q&A with Ericka Anderson about her new book Leaving Cloud 9.
Will you be joining the conversation with Mona Charen on July 17? Co-hosted by NRI (yours truly) and Heritage (Ryan T. Anderson). It’s at Heritage and there will be livestreaming.
My syndicated column on last week’s pregnancy care SCOTUS case.
Something on faith and trust:
trust is a virtue that has to be struggled and prayed for @MagnificatMag pic.twitter.com/p0r9phjJjd
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) July 2, 2018
(More where that came from at @KathrynLopez)
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