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16th century missionaries to China Ruggieri & Ricci learned Chinese, wore Chinese robes, and did not insist that western cultural values were a part of learning the Gospel.
A friend was asked what he would include in a picture related to Oscar Wilde’s quote, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” He wanted to drag a mattress and sheets into his sanctuary.
In the first thousand years of the church, monks sometimes planted gardens to share treats with visitors. Walafrid even wrote poetry about it!
In the 360s, Basil of Caesara, a bishop, spent his own money to buy food for the starving poor during a famine.
Desmond Tutu was still trying to bring down Apartheid in the mid-eighties. The powers that be hired protestors to try to smear Tutu, but he ended up sharing a tea party with them.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was a minister and journalist who felt called to fight slavery. He refused to stop speaking out, to stop writing, to give up his cause. He was murdered by a pro-slavery mob.
My childhood dog would perch on the couch in front of the window to watch and wait for my Mom to come home. Such faithfulness can inspire us at Advent.
Desmond Tutu’s life was a winding path of obstacles, opportunities, blessings, determination, and surprises.
Gloria Gaynor was badly injured on stage, but found fame when she recorded “I Will Survive” while she was recovering. Sidelined by drugs and alcohol, she found faith and a calling
The basilica in St. Louis features a mosaic that has an incredible 41.5 million pieces of glass. Devotion like that is awe-inspiring.