For how long will we fail to address the needs of those who are least among us? For how long will we pretend that our faith is compatible with business as usual and the status quo? For how long will we look away from the holy families among us, the twenty-first century refugees and downtrodden who are, literally, the image of the divine? Will we ever fill the hungry with good things, and send the rich away empty?
If you’re following this weekly article closely, you’ll know that we just covered 1963 in August of this year — but if you know much about American history, you might
A lot was going on ten years ago. In downtown Somerset, we were just starting to enjoy our newly-remodeled Fountain Square… which was given an unwelcomed bubble bath before it
Just ten years ago, Somerset had a few restaurants and bars opening, and, having just gone “wet” a year previously, many of us were still weighing whether bringing alcohol to