Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Richard Lischer reviews John Sexton: "Baseball continues to receive elegiac tributes. Sexton's latest joins company with the works of some impressive lovers of the game." (subscription required)

• Kelly Baker on whether Brad Pitt can save us from the (secular) apocalypse

• Martin Marty responds to Barton Swaim's WSJ review of Elesha Coffman's book

• "Catch of the Day," a poem by Luci Shaw

In the news:

• Christians in Sudan face increased hostility
• Baseball’s Darryl Strawberry buries his past in new career as a pastor