___1___ I went to a family wedding in southern Missouri last weekend. It was quite a culture shock; very suddenly, when I turned onto I-44, I found myself surrounded by John 3:16s, Baptist churches three times the size of my (very large) parish, a Mack truck dealership that took up both sides of the highway,…
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7 Quick Takes, vol. 103
___1___ I hardly ever click on anything in the Facebook sidebar, but this one caught my eye: “What’s the point of Girls? Challenge one father’s goal for what he’s trying to raise his father to become by clicking here.” Uh-oh, I thought. But I was wrong. His post is stellar, and although at first I…
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Kathleen M. Basi 