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Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
SPIRITUALITY
Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Good Friday?
Historically, since about the second century of Christianity, Christians abstained from eating meat on Fridays as a kind of sacrifice and reminder that acknowledged Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross, which we commemorate on Good Friday…Read Full Article
From bustedhalo
PRESERVATION
Inside the Doomsday Vault
Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole lies a resource of vital importance for the future of humankind. It’s not coal, oil or precious minerals, but seeds.…Read Full Article
From Time
INNOVATION
Scientists Just Figured Out How To Make Saltwater Drinkable
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. Humans have been facing the potable water dilemma long before California had drought problems, but a team of researchers in the United Kingdom may have solved that problem once and for all…Read Full Article
From good
THEOLOGY
Who Comes to Steal, Kill, and Destroy?
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy,” Jesus says in John 10:10. “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” A quick quiz: Who is the thief? The ‘thief’ may not be who you think it is…Read Full Article
From Christianity Today
SUSTAINABILITY
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
“Love people, use things, because the opposite never works…Read Full Article
If this topic interests you, please also check out Wood Lake’s author, Lee Simpson’s, “My Year of Buying Nothing.”
From Yes!magazine
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