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I write to you from the Pittsburgh International Airport. I am about to fly to Chicago for some meetings and workshops with my Century colleagues. I look forward to these weeks not only because I like the people I work with, but beceause the gatherings provide an opportunity to reflect on the magazine, to consider the ever-changing work we do together as editors.
And, of course, to sit in gratitude for our writers and readers. One of the things I appreciate about our writers is the close attention they pay to so many different people, places, and practices. They search for meaning and wisdom wherever it may be found. Our new content highoights this well. Icelandic theologian Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir looks to Arctic baptismal practices ([link removed]) and what they might teach us about climate change. Melissa Florer-Bixler looks to the history of her own Anabaptist tradition to understand a church on the run ([link removed]) . Sam Wells looks to the Bible and finds contemporary resonance with John the Baptist ([link removed]) . Emilee Walker-Cornetta looks to seminary campuses where students are asking deep questions as they protest the war in Gaza ([link removed]) .
Our video of the week highlights one of my favorite poems ever published in the Century: “Murmuration” by Jeffrey Munroe ([link removed]) . Plus scroll down for even more great new content.
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** Sacred waters, melting ice ([link removed])
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“This Icelandic memory of baptizing in snow and salt water calls to mind the glaciers and sea ice that cover a good portion of the Arctic.”
by Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir
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** Church on the run ([link removed])
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“Like my Anabaptist forebears, the women who I meet in worship at the prison carve out an identity near the heart of Jesus.”
by Melissa Florer-Bixler
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** VIDEO: Jeff Munroe reads and discusses “Murmuration” ([link removed])
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Poet Jeff Munroe chats with Jon about a new poem, his writing process, and the physics (and metaphysics) of birds’ mysterious ways.
** In the Lectionary for January 19 (Epiphany 2C) ([link removed])
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Mary reminds us that sometimes we get involved in the need right in front of us simply because we can.
by Charisse R. Tucker
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** Forerunners like John ([link removed])
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“John the Baptist inspires us to reflect on the causes in which we’ve succeeded that will finally fail and the causes in which we’ve failed that will finally succeed.”
by Samuel Wells
** From seminary classroom to encampment ([link removed])
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“What would it mean to grapple more thoroughly, as these students invite us to do, with colonialism, Christian Zionism, and perhaps nationalism, all as part of our institutions’ commitments to social justice?”
by Emilee Walker-Cornetta
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