Embodied faith, police violence, #MeToo movies, and new podcast episodes. 

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** Searching for embodied truth
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Last week I mentioned that one of the great joys of working at the Century is getting to know our readers. Another one is getting to be on this staff team. From Dawn in news ([link removed]) to Elizabeth in books ([link removed]) to Jess’s writing ([link removed]) , the CC editors are yes, talented, but also caring and thoughtful human beings. Amy Frykholm, one of our senior editors, is one such colleague. Amy’s podcast, In Search Of, just kicked off its second season. New episodes release every Wednesday, and you can check out a video below where Amy tells us about ([link removed]) this season’s theme—a search for truth.

Some recent content from the Century reminds us that this search, like all of faith and all of life, is embodied. The killing of Tyre Nichols, Reggie Williams reminds us ([link removed]) , was the killing of a Black American body. From the earliest days of the church, according to Sarah Hinlicky Wilson ([link removed]) , the faith has been passed down through hands being laid on bodies. Kathryn Reklis describes two recent films ([link removed]) about speaking up, about women sharing “all they have borne silently in their wounded bodies and spirits.”

Email me: Where are you currently looking in your search for truth?

Jon Mathieu
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This week’s top new pieces:


** Tyre Nichols’s killing is not an exception ([link removed])
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“We keep arriving in this place because too many people want to see deaths like Tyre’s as unfortunate exceptions of an impartial institution that otherwise upholds its mandate to protect and serve communities.”

by Reggie Williams


** Faith comes by hand ([link removed])
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“Hands need to be disciplined, to be sure—but not deleted. Faith comes by hearing, and the things worth hearing about come by hand.”
by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson


** When women speak more than truth ([link removed])
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“She Said is a brave film that reveals the high stakes of the act of speaking out as an end in itself . . . Women Talking believes this too, but it is after it engages in something much more profound, something closer to the world of fable.”

by Kathryn Reklis
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** In the Lectionary for March 5 (Lent 2A) ([link removed])
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Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.
by Lisa M. Wolfe

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** [Video] Amy Frykholm introduces Season 2 of In Search Of ([link removed])
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Amy Frykholm chats with Jon about the new season of her podcast. In season 2, she embarks on a search for truth—in the Bible, quantum physics, history, and more.

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** Love is revision ([link removed])
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“In the same way you return to a piece of writing over and over again to try to make it the best version of itself you can, you should return to your relationships, over and over again, to revise and reimagine, to fix what doesn’t work and strengthen what does.”

by Alejandra Oliva
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