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** Home again, home again
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I’m back in Chicago after 8 days with family and friends in Pittsburgh. Despite my sister’s bout with the flu, it was a lovely time to reconnect with loved ones. The week culminated in a family weekend together in some cabins in my hometown of Wheeling, WV.
But before the cabin adventure, I had an exciting week of remote work for the Century. I recorded several new video chats with writers for the magazine. This week’s featured conversation appears at the bottom of the corresponding article: a book excerpt exploring how James Baldwin is a spiritual memoirist ([link removed]) and, more than that, an exorcist. Also I’m excited to share that my first feature for the Century was published! Based on a wonderful chat I had with a subscriber, Marilyn Zimmann, the piece explores how Marilyn and her friend Jean navigated the loss of their pastor husbands ([link removed]) —and the ministry belongings they left behind.
This week we also have a review of James K. A. Smith’s book about time ([link removed]) , an analysis of the US’s role in the crisis in Yemen ([link removed]) , and more below.
Email me: Does your family have reunions? What are they like?
Jon Mathieu
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This week’s top articles:
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** Baldwin the exorcist ([link removed])
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“James Baldwin is not a guide, he is a force. Exorcism is a historic function of the church and not without its spiritual uses. In the cauldron of 20th-century literature, Baldwin is the exorcist without peer.”
by Richard Lischer (video chat embedded at bottom of article)
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** The sacred relics of a lifetime of ministry ([link removed])
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“What was Marilyn supposed to do with these sacred cabinets? Inside were the treasures of a minister’s life: wedding and funeral liturgies, prayers, calls to worship, sermons organized by the liturgical calendar.”
by Jon Mathieu
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** “When are we?” asks James K. A. Smith ([link removed])
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“To discuss concepts of time and encourage an embrace of our ephemerality in our current moment of mass shootings, systemic oppression, and a global pandemic is daring.”
review by Amar D. Peterman
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** In the Lectionary for November 13 (Ordinary 33C) ([link removed])
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Given time, things can grow back.
by Kat Banakis
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** Yemen’s children and America’s oil ([link removed])
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“One factor may be doing more than any other to drive the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Yemen: America’s addiction to oil.”
by Keri Ladner
** Women after incarceration ([link removed])
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“This lack of support during incarceration is devastating for women. And it is mirrored after release: reentry programs are designed for men and do not adequately address women’s unique needs.”
review by Annelisa Burns
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** A word from a subscriber . . .
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“I have always appreciated the Christian Century and eagerly look forward to reading each issue—which usually begins as soon as I pull it out of the mailbox!”
– Jon F. in Guelph, Ontario
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