The Basics

A strong pro-life apologist, [Charlie] Kirk spoke with numerous college students who had been thoroughly versed in the notion of being “pro-choice.” He stripped the argument down to its basics. “Why should you have the…

A Mark of Your Vocation

She was a very good teacher. Of course, it wasn’t like you had classes. But you’d sit for hours, you know, opening the mail, and talking. She was just a wonderful conversationalist, so in that…

Conscience Thunders

King summoned the bold protest of ancient sources—“Today we particularly need the Hebrew prophets”—whose words had goaded the movement past fear and silence. “They did not believe that conscience is a still, small voice,” he…

Today’s One-Liner (#216)

“I’m not interested in criticizing Sheriff Clark, I’m interested in converting Sheriff Clark!” –Hosea Williams, quoted in Taylor Branch, At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968

Conscience Versus Power

In spite of all the terrible executions, the indescribable tragedies, and the unrepented brutalities, the White Rose leaflets made their way throughout Germany and occupied Europe, bringing hope into the cells of condemned prisoners and…

Today’s One-Liner (#197)

To pray the psalms with even half a heart was to be comforted and discomfited, set in motion, set in stillness, set free, set on edge, led outside, led within.  –Daniel Berrigan, Uncommon Prayer: A…

Today’s One-Liner (#173)

In some radical circles the vehemence of one’s feelings against the hierarchy is taken as an index of genuine Christianity.   –James Hitchcock, The Decline and Fall of Radical Catholicism, 1971