Twelve Things that Caught My Eye Today (Feb. 2, 2015)

(Some of these things are more “things that caught my eye over the weekend” but I was too lazy to post … )

A forest of crosses engraved in the rocks of the desert of Saudi Arabia is a sign of the presence of a vibrant Christian community around the fifth century AD.

Unearthed by a Saudi-French archaeological team, the graffiti include inscriptions with a number of biblical and Christian names, perhaps those of martyrs killed during a wave of persecution in the fifth century.

3. Mary Ann Glendon on politics as vocation.

4. Dear Justice Kennedy: An Open Letter from the Child of a Loving Gay Parent:

Have we really arrived at a time when we are considering institutionalizing the stripping of a child’s natural right to a mother and a father in order to validate the emotions of adults?

5. Preserving Iraq’s Christian history.

6. From Scotland: “hospitals are meat grinders that chew up dementia sufferers”

7. “Rethinking the Death Penalty.”