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Finding strength together.
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Last week, lamenting Russia's invasion of Ukraine and some other difficult headlines, I asked you what practices help you stay grounded. I was moved by your thoughtful responses. Some of you turn to the Bible for stories of God's intervention; others consider how to cultivate your own acts of gratitude and kindness. Others in this email group meditate, talk about current events in group discussions, or listen to Vivaldi ([link removed]) . If you didn't get a chance to share last week, the invitation still stands: how are you staying whole?
Something that helps me is to hear stories of people who display courage and hope. We have some of these stories, brand new this week.
Below you'll find a grieving father's account of his spirituality in the canyons ([link removed]) . Learn about the first Celtic Christians, who left the isle of Iona ([link removed]) in search of desert faith. Read about a woman's quest ([link removed]) to bring thru-hiking back to her home country of Mexico. And on the topic of Ukraine, we have a new piece from religious scholar John Burgess that explains the complicated history ([link removed]) of Ukrainian and Russian Orthodoxy.
May you find resilience this week.
Jon Mathieu
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This week's top articles:
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** Is Russia’s war on Ukraine about religion? ([link removed])
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“Putin put his televised tirade justifying his aggression in religious as well as political terms. To understand what he meant, you have to go back to 988 CE.”
by John Burgess
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** After my son died, I went looking for God in the desert ([link removed])
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“What are canyons, anyway, but absences, losses, vast places for pouring out grief?”
by Beldon Lane
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** Iona was once the beating heart of Celtic Christianity ([link removed])
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“In a world of gnarled rock and wild river and deep forest, surrounded by powerful seas, deserts were largely unknown, so early Celtic Christians turned them into metaphors. One metaphorical desert was the sea."
by Kenneth Steven
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** Living by the Word for March 13 (Lent 2C) ([link removed])
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Is the fox cunning and clever, or is it wily and untrustworthy?
by Jennifer Moland-Kovash
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** One woman’s mission to create a thru-hiking trail in Mexico ([link removed])
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“I believe that thru-hiking’s culture of acceptance and encouragement serves as a great example for society at large. Truly, anyone thru-hiking a trail anywhere in the world is part of my family.”
Soren Frykholm interviews Zelzin Aketzalli
** In Search Of, episode 1 ([link removed])
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A new podcast from Century senior editor Amy Frykholm. Season 1 takes us to the desert, a traditional place in the history of Christianity to begin searches. In this episode, meet award-winning translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher.
by Amy Frykholm
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