Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don’t want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place.
It will be something different every week, but it will always be about something worth seeing, hearing or watching, or a place worth visiting or a food worth tasting.
This week, read “The extremist in the family” by Alex Ronan, published at The Atavist. It is a compelling and devastating story of how a couple became so devout in their Pentecostal Christian faith that they refused to get medical help for their child, who then died as a result.
The day after Abigail’s death, February 10, both Rachel and Josh went to the police station for separate, voluntary interviews, which were recorded on video. Josh discussed Abigail’s brief life and her death without showing much emotion. Upon learning that the police station used to be a school and the interview was taking place in what was once the principal’s office, Josh quipped, “I spent enough time in the principal’s office.” A detective in the room laughed. Asked if, looking back, Josh would do anything differently, he remained resolute in his faith and sure of his actions. “If I had a choice between putting my daughter in the hands of men with the best intentions and high[est] skill set in this world,” he said, “I’d still put my daughter’s life in the hands of my lord and savior Jesus Christ.”
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