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** A balanced diet of theological reflection
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Some weeks I write to you with a strong theme or a set of similar articles. Right after a books issue we roll out heaps of book reviews. In October of last year we had a lineup of fascinating features about horror and faith ([link removed]) . But our new articles from this past week are diverse and well-rounded.
Two new Voices columns highlight the humanness of faith. Isaac Villegas talks about his bilingual background and its connection to Babel and Pentecost ([link removed]) , while Julian DeShazier explains his participation in his generation’s tendency to combine Christian faith with other practices ([link removed]) , beliefs, and perspectives. CC books editor Elizabeth Palmer continues our new Trending Topics series with reviews of five books that respond to both climate change and colonialism ([link removed]) . On the Madang podcast, host Grace Ji-Sun Kim interviews Bruce Reyes-Chow ([link removed]) about his exciting new book.
Our video of the week was a delight to record. Abram Kielsmeier-Jones, who recently reviewed R. L. Stollar’s The Kingdom of Children, chats with me about the book and the absence of children from liberation theology ([link removed]) .
Email me: What language(s) do you speak? How does that affect your faith?
Jon Mathieu
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** Speaking in two tongues ([link removed])
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“Every dialect is holy, every accent revelatory—the incarnation of God’s living Word expressed in a plurality of mouths and tongues.”
by Isaac S. Villegas
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** Religiously fluid ([link removed])
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“If you’re flinching at any of this—great!—I just gave you a personal narrative version of what many a Pew report has spit out as data. This is the faith life of many millennials.”
by Julian DeShazier
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** VIDEO: Abram Kielsmeier-Jones on children and liberation ([link removed])
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Jon chats with pastor Abram Kielsmeier-Jones about children’s liberation theology and R. L. Stollar’s book.
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** In the Lectionary for May 19 (Pentecost B) ([link removed])
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Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.
by Robert C. Saler
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** Trending topics: Ecology without colonialism ([link removed])
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Five new books that offer postcolonial responses to climate change
by Elizabeth Palmer
** Madang podcast, episode 39: Bruce Reyes-Chow ([link removed])
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“I’ve always wanted to write a book for someone who’s new to the church. I hope you can hand this book to almost anyone and it will draw people into conversation.”
interview by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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