First Links — 5.8.15

Rowan Williams: Can We Ever Be In Charge of Our Own Lives?
Rowan Williams, The New Statesman

Called to Greatness: Vocation and Dignity
Sherif Girgis, Ethika Politica

Smith’s Transgender Delusion
Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard

German Bishops to Allow Employees in Same-Sex Unions
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register

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