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Category Archives: Hannah Overton
Home for Christmas
Hannah Overton has been released from jail, as of yesterday evening when the judge granted her bail and her friends, family, and church posted the necessary $50,000. The Texas Monthly has a celebratory article/analysis here. The legal blogs “Grits for … Continue reading
Two Months
It’s two months to the day since Hannah Overton‘s murder conviction was overturned, and she was granted a new trial with the privilege of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. At least in theory. In actual fact, Hannah continues to … Continue reading
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Hannah Overton’s Letters: In the wilderness
Hannah Overton’s letters from prison are rich with spiritual reflections. They are “unvarnished,” both in style and in content: Hannah has raw realities to relate, and equally raw determination to forgive her enemies and carry the Gospel wherever God leads … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Hannah Overton, sonnet
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The Lord is King
In continuing celebration of the good news about Hannah Overton, here is a great hymn from the Anglican songbooks. The first time I heard it in church (about a year ago), it made me think of Hannah’s case in a … Continue reading
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All’s right with the world
Today is a day of “celebracioun and good cheere,” as Geoffrey Chaucer might say; or, in the words of Robert Browning: The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn; God’s in His heaven— All’s right with the world! … Continue reading
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