CROP Hunger Walk

Column: Help the hungry with communityFAITH MATTERSNATHAN DAY WILSON Let me tell you a story about a man. I’ll call him Thomas, only since that is his name. Thomas was a child of the Great Depression. He recalls what his father did after the Depression to help keep his family nourished, including spending many longContinue reading “CROP Hunger Walk”

Vote Values this Tuesday

Voting biblical values into office FAITH MATTERSBY NATHAN DAY WILSON I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s going to be an election Tuesday. Yes, I know that you are impressed with my observational skills. While that shocking news is settling in, let me ask a question: What priorities or values will inform how youContinue reading “Vote Values this Tuesday”

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people

Read and leave a comment at http://www.shelbynews.com/articles/2010/09/10/news/doc4c89a32f6b3aa737887042.txt Nathan Day Wilson

Read about important Swaziland HIV and AIDS work

DISCIPLES TAKE UNFORGETTABLE MISSION TRIP TO SWAZILAND Disciples from Indiana and Kentucky have powerful memories of a mission trip that took them to Swaziland, whose population has the world’s highest infection rate of HIV and AIDS in the world. The 11 Disciples, who were mostly from First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Shelbyville, Ind.,Continue reading “Read about important Swaziland HIV and AIDS work”

PEN Award finalists announced

From today’s Washington Post, written by Marissa Newhall: Books by Sherman Alexie, Barbara Kingsolver, Lorraine M. López, Lorrie Moore and Colson Whitehead are finalists for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday. Alexie’s short-story collection “War Dances” and Kingsolver’s historical novel “The Lacuna” are in contention for the $15,000 prize alongContinue reading “PEN Award finalists announced”