But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. –Luke 10:33– Today when people discuss American history, it has become fashionable to mention all sorts of atrocities, real or imagined. Very few, however, discuss one of our country’s greatest endeavors, the Marshall Plan.
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Festina Lente[1] When I was in college, I read an insightful article by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo.[2] He told the story of an ancient Buddhist temple atop a high mountain in Japan. The temple was so high and remote that it took pious pilgrims hours and even days
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Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. –Matthew 18:3– In the summer of 1968, Dad took Mom and us six kids on a three-week visit to Japan, his ancestral homeland. Our family toured as many Shinto
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