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Here are your weekend must reads. Join Dan Schutte for a virtual Advent reflection, focusing on the beginning of our journey into discovering God once again this year. A round-up of three new books that focus on violence, anger and peacekeeping efforts.
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** Advent Reflections: Week one ([link removed])
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"This Advent season will be different from all the others we've experienced," writes composer and NCR board member Dan Schutte. "Those familiar Advent themes of longing for God and waiting in hope take on a special meaning for us in the midst of the storm that surrounds us. As always, God is perhaps giving us a special opportunity this year to grow deeper in hope and stronger in the embrace of God's love."
Join Schutte for a weekly Advent Reflection with an introduction by Schutte himself.
The video for the first week of Advent focuses on the beginning of our journey into discovering God once again, this year, this time.
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** Three books about peacemaking offer solidarity, solace and hope ([link removed])
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NCR book reviewer Diane Scharper rounds up three books on violence and peace, starting with The Two Hands of Yes and No: One Family's Encounter with the Surprising Power of Active Nonviolence, written by nonviolence activists Dennis and Sheila Linn.
The Linns have lectured on healing, forgiveness and nonviolence in more than 60 countries and have written 23 books. In their latest, the Linns show that most ancient religions promoted the ideal of nonviolence.
At times in A Certain Clarity, Selected Poems, Lawrence Joseph writes between clenched teeth as his anger threatens to boil up onto the page. In the poem "Syria," for example, he writes of the imagination being transmogrified "into circles of hatred, circles of vengeance, /and killing."
I Am Not Your Enemy, written by Michael McRay, offers an intriguingly written collection of stories from those who seek peaceful solutions to violence. He adds a kind of poetry to what could be a dry subject by noticing details regarding the places and persons he's visiting.
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** More headlines
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* At EarthBeat ([link removed]) , the pandemic has given a new twist to forest therapy, as the guide connects with a group virtually, instead of on a two-hour walk in person. But the method, a series of invitations to open the senses, remains the same.
* Scripture reflections from Dominican Sr. Carol J. Dempsey on the First Sunday of Advent ([link removed]) .
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** Weekend wrap-up
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Beginning tomorrow, EarthBeat is offering daily Advent reflections ([link removed]) that will explore connections between simple living and abundant life on the earth. The reflections, titled Simple Advent, Abundant Life, are inspired by the Advent Simplicity Challenge ([link removed]) at the Ignatian Solidarity Network. Sign up here ([link removed]) to receive the reflections each day, starting tomorrow, in your inbox.
See you next weekend,
Stephanie Yeagle
NCR Production/Online Editor
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