My picks for #sundayread for February 17, 2019:

• Enjoyed @WarrenStJohn’s “Outcasts United,” about an inspiring woman, Luma Mufleh @fugeesfamily, who helps international kids heal and succeed through soccer.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/2TR9RJi
• Abuse of Faith: Investigative series reveals decades of sexual abuse by Southern Baptist church leaders, volunteers
  By @RobDownenChron, Lise Olsen @chrondigger and @John_Tedesco
• Shooting the messenger: @JeremiahWright, firebrand prophet
  By @AshonCrawley
  (via @byjoelanderson)
• Flashback: Regions Bank uses video to focus on outstanding team members
• The War to Sell You a Mattress Is an Internet Nightmare
  By @DavidZax
• Language Acquisition: Fleeing New York for life with a painter in his village in central Mexico
  By @DianaSpechler
• Flashback: Y’all Connect — Intent is everything
• Hooters Chicken
  By @LizzHuerta
• Mitch McConnell @senatemajldr, ruling the Senate with parliamentary trickery
  By Charles Homans @chashomans
  (via @sundaylongread)
• Flashback: 10 years ago, the budding “Survivor” bromance between JT and @stephenfishbach
• Colin Farrell and the Art of the Small Comeback
  By Cara Buckley @caraNYT
• Poor defendants, overworked public defenders and a broken justice system
  By @RichOppel and @JugalPatelnyt
  (via @pamelacolloff @bshelburne)
• Cape Coral, the Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist
  By @MikeGrunwald
• The Spinal Tap That Changed My Life
  By Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: A yen to explore

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for February 17 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me