Atticus, Redemption, and Relationship: Seeing People as Unfolding Stories

“‘…when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice…’ His hands were under my chin, pulling the cover, tucking it around me. ‘Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.’” (Chapter 31) I have written extensively about Atticus’s call to compassion in the famous lines […]

Huffington Post Op-Ed about To Kill a Mockingbird and Change

I wrote this piece for the Huff Post focusing on the message of compassion found in To Kill a Mockingbird – whycompassion is the key to genuine and lasting change: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-litton/to-kill-a-mockingbird-rem_b_790171.html

Scandal, Doubt, and Christmas Between You and Me

I believe that we rarely spend time focusing on the scandal surrounding the birth of Jesus. According to the moral teachings of the day, not only did Joseph have every right to break off his engagement with his mysteriously pregnant future wife, but by all accounts, Mary could’ve been stoned in the village square for […]