Paul Elie s superb Atlantic Monthly essay on the Archbishop of Canterbury includes an anecdote about Dr Williams joking that he should have worn a T-shirt with the words GRAVELY DEFICIENT on it to visit the then head of the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF Cardinal Rat

Vinita Hampton Wright is one of my favorite spiritual writers nbsp And full disclosure she was also the copyeditor--and a fantastic one--for my book My Life with the Saints nbsp A few weeks ago I received a copy of her new book Days of Deepening Friendship For the Woman Who Wants Authen

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Cambridge One of the nice things about having a blog with America is that in my bi-weekly piece I can write about anything I want mdash including less talked about topics such as what I a professor actually teach We devote a lot of time energy and thought to our courses and hope that studen

Events are moving quickly in Israel where President Shimon Peres has tapped Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government It is expected that the process of deal-making and power-brokering may take some weeks America has a backgrounder on the Israeli elections in our Signs

Sen Roland Burris should resign There is no evidence that he engaged in a direct pay-to-play scheme with former Governor Rod Blagojevich People in Burris rsquo s position ndash he served thirty years in public office ndash are asked to raise money by other politicians all the time And perhap