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Prosecutor Apologizes for Convicting Innocent Man

March 23, 2015 – 5:27 pm

Here’s a public apology of a different sort: Marty Stroud, former assistant district attorney in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, wrote a letter recently to the editor of the Shreveport Times, in which he apologizes for convicting Glenn Ford of first-degree murder in 1984. Mr. Ford served thirty years in prison before being released last year, but […]

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The Reverend Charlie Jones

March 20, 2015 – 8:24 am

A great man died this week, though few outside of Grand Rapids have ever heard of him. I never met Charlie Jones, but when I hear his name, I think, “forgiver.” Several years ago, after his brother Willie was brutally tortured and beaten to death by four teenagers, Charlie was able not only to forgive […]

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Ring Those Bells

February 23, 2015 – 9:21 am

“Ring Those Bells” is a popular request at Christmas, but who wants to listen to church bells ringing day in and day out all through the year? Not Wolfgang Lassy. He lives near the New Cathedral in Linz, Austria, whose bells ring every quarter hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and he […]

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Interviewed about Peacemaking

February 17, 2015 – 11:30 am

I had the pleasure today of being interviewed by my friend and colleague Zena Zumeta about Christian peacemaking, for a “radio” program that will air next Tuesday evening, February 24, 2015, at 8 pm ET. This is “blog talk radio” so anyone with a computer and access to the internet can listen to it. And […]

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Fired Worker Can’t Sue Inter-Varsity

February 6, 2015 – 1:47 pm

Alyce Conlon used to work for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship here in Grand Rapids. She was terminated, and tried to sue I-V for discrimination in Federal Court, but the District Court denied her claim, and this week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s dismissal. Now maybe the parties can resolve their differences […]

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