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** Checking in during a big week
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I wonder how you’re doing this week. Most of the folks I know here in the US are on edge. Of course every presidential election is heralded as “the most important of our lifetime,” but this one feels particularly weighty for setting the trajectory of our country’s policies and rhetoric. My friends and family are expressing anxiety, fear, anger, and a host of other emotions as we wait to see how the next week or so will unfold.

What resources can faith offer in tumultuous times like these? Philosopher James K. A. Smith suggests that Augustine has a lot to teach us ([link removed]) about our place in time—and what that means for our politics. Columnist Heidi Neumark describes how stories of everyday resistance ([link removed]) bolster her when well-founded fears loom. And in our video of the week, Jeannine Pitas talks frankly about political polarization, spiritual practices, and difficult dialogue ([link removed]) .

Scroll down for even more great content, like Sam Wells’s profound moment at his church’s prayer board ([link removed]) , Lanta Davis’s exploration of the unique art in bone chapels ([link removed]) , and more.
Email Jon: How are you holding up this week?

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** Wisdom from Augustine in an election year ([link removed])
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“At the heart of Augustine’s political wisdom is an awareness of what time it is.”

by James K. A. Smith
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** Conspiracies of goodness ([link removed])
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“Jesus promises that in the end, God’s way of seeing will prevail. I cling to that promise.”

by Heidi Neumark
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** VIDEO: Is there anything we can do about political polarization? ([link removed])
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Jeannine Pitas chats with Jon about efforts to engage with the problem of political polarization in the US.
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** In the Lectionary for November 10 (Ordinary 32B) ([link removed])
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Naomi is a climate refugee, displaced from her homeland by a natural disaster that results in widespread famine.

by T. Denise Anderson

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** Mourning prayer ([link removed])
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“One morning, as the person assisting handed me the stack of prayers posted overnight, my eyes landed on a scrap of paper whose prayer bolted through me like electric current.”

by Sam Wells


** Bone chapels and their strange art ([link removed])
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“The Capuchin Crypt and other bone chapels certainly ask us to gaze at our mortality. But they also invite us to grapple with the mysterious, beautiful promise of resurrection.”

by Lanta Davis
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