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I search, you search, we all search (for ice cream?)


At the time of this writing, I have just arrived in the Chicago area. All my belongings are in a warehouse somewhere in Toledo. Moving is fun. 

Sarcasm aside, a cross-country move does feel very significant. This moment marks a new chapter in my life, my marriage, my ministry, and my career. It feels like an important moment in my journey—and this sense that my life is a journey has helped me connect deeply with the Century's brand new podcast series In Search Of. You can click that link to listen to the first three episodes, or if you prefer the written word, you can read transcripts of two of the interviews that also appeared in our magazine: one with translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher and one with ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan.

We also have other great new content about searching. Brian Bantum reflects on the relationship between his faith and his spouse's ministry. There is a profile of Amara Ifeji, who is on a quest for intersecting forms of justice. And there is a poem about intimacy in, of all places, a COVID testing line.

What are you searching for? (Feel free to email me your answer.)

Jon Mathieu
[email protected]

This week's top articles:

My spouse is also my pastor

“My spouse’s ministry was more than an inspiration or a way for me to learn. I was leaning on her gifts and works as my own.”

by Brian Bantum

Amara Ifeji works at the intersection of climate and racial justice

“These aren’t two different things that I am working toward making better. They are one.” – Amara Ifeji

by Khristi Lauren Adams

At the testing site

“She said as she swabbed / the inside of my nose, / my eyes tearing up, / It’s a shame we can’t hug. . . .”

A poem by Marda Messick

         

Living by the Word for March 27 (Lent 4C)

Sometimes anger is a window into what needs to be mended and healed.

by Mihee Kim-Kort

Lent 4C archives

         
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Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan on food justice and Jesus

“Jesus was preaching to people who were in the middle of the worst farming and fishing crisis yet.”

Amy Frykholm interviews Gary Nabhan

Translation as an act of love

“Dolly Parton says she is singing for everybody. I am trying to translate for everybody.”

Amy Frykholm interviews Carmen Acevedo Butcher

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