In Part 1, I looked briefly at the way Endo highlights Rodrigues’ failure to be a shepherd. I want to look more closely at that theme of the negligent shepherd because I think Endo develops it quite intentionally and with great subtlety. Endo...
A while back the kids and I had fun with a picture book called Wise Guy about the Greek philosopher, Socrates. The book gives a good overview of Socrates’ life and philosophical inquiry for an elementary school audience. It doesn’t dumb...
“But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the...
