(1) Houston Astros great Lance Berkman riles Houston mayor after making ad blasting LGBT law
(2) New Film (“Woodlawn”) Recounts Football Team’s Faith After Integration (AP)
“A new independent film recounts the faith and unity of a Birmingham high school football team in the years after integration and the movie’s co-director said he hopes its message resonates with current students and helps them realize the power of perseverance.”
(3) The Orwellian Right-to-Die Crowd, by Kirsten Powers (USA Today)
“But verbal cloaking is the stock in trade of the “right-to-die” forces. The Orwellian-speak they employ to describe their effort is telling. It’s death by euphemism. For starters, no one is being denied the “right to die.” What some are trying to prevent is the drafting of doctors into the death business. Physicians are meant to help us heal or provide relief from pain. They aren’t supposed to play assistant in a suicide.”
(4) Christianity in Prison Reform Plans?, by Kate Maltby (The Spectator)
***A British perspective on faith-based prison reforms here in the U.S.:
“Listen to any Michael Gove speech and you’ll hear his passion for meritocracy framed in terms of self-fulfilment through virtue; hear him talk on prison reform, and you’ll pick up stories of redemption and repentance; even his opposition to Saudi Wahhabism is based on a vision of Christianity’s more merciful alternative. I sense that he’d love to be allowed to base his pitch on Christian values. But here in Britain, we don’t really do God.”
(5) Anne Askew: The Extraordinary Life of a Reformation Martyr, by Diane Bucknell
***I’ll admit, I don’t remember hearing about this female Protestant martyr from the Reformation era. Church historians among us, what other nuggets of biographical gold might you be hiding?
(bonus) The Definitive Ranking of Insanely Awesome Christian Album Covers (Relevant)
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