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** Prophetic words, political action
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In the unsigned editorial below, our team suggests that the one word that best describes how our readers, writers, and editors feel right now is overwhelmed. I know this to be true on some level both because of my own stress levels and because of the thoughtful and candid emails many of you send me.
How do we respond to so many troubling shifts in US government and policy? One option is to speak and create prophetically. In this regard, while most of us don’t have a platform the size of a Super Bowl halftime show, we might take cues from hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar. Below is a helpful primer that walks through some of the political symbolism and spiritual stakes ([link removed]) of Lamar’s performance. Another way to respond to these times is to engage with local politics—one small step at a time ([link removed]) , according to our new editorial essay.
Scroll down for more great new content, including our video of the week: a chat with Mac Loftin, who discusses his recent piece about the demons in US politics ([link removed]) . Plus an essay about joining the choir ([link removed]) , commentary on the new Nosferatu film ([link removed]) , and more.
Jon Mathieu
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[email protected]?subject=How%20overwhelmed%20I%20am&body=Jon%2C%20) : On a scale of 0–10, how overwhelmed are you feeling?
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** Kendrick Lamar is playing a different game ([link removed])
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The “great American game” is played to win and to exclude. Lamar’s halftime show made the case for turning our attention to something better.
by Chris Thiessen
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** Politics close to home ([link removed])
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“The antidote to inertia might be to embrace a phrase attributed to Carl Jung, popularized by recovery communities, and featured in a song from the Disney movie Frozen 2: Do the next right thing.”
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** VIDEO: The demons in our politics ([link removed])
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Mac Loftin chats with Jon about the theology of William Stringfellow, who saw the demons in Revelation as institutions and abstractions that take captive their own so-called leaders.
** In the Lectionary for February 23 (Epiphany 7C) ([link removed])
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Joseph’s brothers witness love in action, in both his personal forgiveness and his prudent national planning.
by Ed Horstmann
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“Choir feels like an exercise in human cooperation.”
by Stephanie Perdew
** Nosferatu and the horror of enlightenment ([link removed])
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“The battle between good and evil can’t be waged until a prior battle is settled, that between the ascending power of rational calculation and modern science and older forms of ‘alchemy, mystic philosophy, the occult.’”
by Kathryn Reklis
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