The Faith & Culture 5
The Key to Self-Awareness + Meryl Streep May Play Aslan + More
Happy Friday!
In a world of endless open tabs and information overload, let me do the heavy lifting of sifting through it all. Each week, The Faith & Culture 5 brings you five hand-picked pieces of exceptional content plus one book recommendation that are genuinely worth your attention.
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Now, onto The Faith & Culture 5:
This week marked the 80th anniversary of his death. And the Lutheran theologian and pastor, who was executed for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler, has become one of the world’s most influential religious thinkers.
Oscar winner Meryl Streep is in talks to play Aslan the Great Lion in Greta Gerwig and Netlfix’s Narnia movie, we have confirmed with sources.
But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.
Clinic blessings continue a legacy of religious leaders and people of faith championing abortion access.
The ancient-Greek commandment Know thyself turns out to be a great modern way to become happier, more empathetic, and more successful.
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.
Thank you so much for being a part of this community! I’ll see you next week.
Jm
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