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** It’s time for some poetry
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I love when I get to roll out something new (and free) to you, O readers. This month we started a brand new weekly email newsletter, Poem for the Week. Each email (here’s a sample ([link removed]) ) features a new poem along with commentary from our poetry editor Jill Peláez Baumgaertner. You can sign up here ([link removed]) —and please share that link with the poetry lovers in your life! The email arrives every Saturday morning, and we hope it will provide an enriching weekend reflection.

But if you only opened this email for thoughtful new essays, fear not. Phil Christman writes about the ways God expresses approval through MAGA’s disapproval ([link removed]) . James K. A. Smith offers a double book review on two titles that explore the role of slavery in Augustine’s theology ([link removed]) . Our editors, in light of new data on opinions about deportations, reflect on the theological significance of neighborliness ([link removed]) .

Plus scroll down for even more great content, like a Screen Time essay on Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag ([link removed]) or a podcast interview of bishop and author Andy Doyle ([link removed]) .

Jon Mathieu
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** Reviled for Jesus’ sake ([link removed])
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“God has been subtly, unmistakably saying yes to certain brave Christians, some of them mainliners. The form of that yes is MAGA’s no.”

by Phil Christman
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** Is slavery integral to Augustine’s theology? ([link removed])
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Toni Alimi and Matthew Elia each make the case that slavery is integral to Augustine’s theology. Their books demand a reckoning.

by James K. A. Smith
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** Who are our neighbors? ([link removed])
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“Today it is faith groups—led by a coalition of Quaker meetings—that are suing the Trump administration to prevent immigration raids in houses of worship.”

from the editors


** In the Lectionary for May 25 (Easter 6C) ([link removed])
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Again and again, God comes near and changes everything.
by Audrey West

Easter 6C archives ([link removed])
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** Black Bag’s committed spies ([link removed])
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In Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie, two MI6 agents have the audacity to put their marriage first.

by Kathryn Reklis


** Madang podcast: Andy Doyle, author of Unabashed Faith ([link removed])
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“We’re in a post-Christendom that is saturated with connectivity. How do we form practices of resistance in this reality?“

hosted by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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