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Eric Liddell: The Olympic champion who still inspires 100 years on
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 day agoLiddell was born in China in 1902 to Scots missionary parents. He studied at Edinburgh University...
Family, friends mourn death of South Side pastor found in Des Plaines River: 'We just lost an...
Chicago Sun-Times· 11 hours agoWarren Beard, a South Side pastor who was found in the Des Plaines River a week after he was reported missing. “We just lost an amazing man, a... A. Alston ...
More Indigenous youth are learning to spearfish, a connection to ancestors and the land
Richmond News· 20 hours agoGanebik Johnson started learning traditional Ojibwe songs when he was about 2 years old....
I got inked by the world’s oldest tattoo artist
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen American Catholic missionaries eventually arrived to build schools in the 20th century, village girls — who often bore tattoos symbolizing their...
Tainan: The 400-year-old cradle of Taiwanese culture
BBC News· 20 hours agoThe Dutch merchants were looking for a foothold to trade with China's Ming dynasty, but had failed to seize the Portuguese enclave of Macau. The ...
The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
New York Times· 3 days agoA more conventional book might have explored the ways the past and present mirror each other, but Smith is after something much more radical. “How to <...
Black Catholic parish rolls out red carpet for Eucharistic pilgrimage
Catholic News Agency· 20 hours agoThe parish also hosted Eucharistic adoration after Auxiliary Bishop Mark Rivituso of St. Louis...
Family pleads for help in finding missing South Side pastor
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoHours before the Rev. Warren Beard went missing on July 2, he spoke on the phone with his...
Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a 'hoax,' dies at 89
Airdrie City View· 2 days agoFormer Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending...
'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and the true story behind Chariots of Fire
BBC News· 3 days agoScottish athlete Eric Liddell won the 400m gold at the Paris Olympics on 11 July 1924 – but he's...