June 1, 2018 | Wood Lake Publishing | 0 Comments

What We Read This Week

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!

SPIRITUALITY

Guidance

An article written by Susan McCaslin, Wood Lake’s author of Arousing the Spirit ….The etymology of the word “guide,” both noun and verb, is the late 14^th c. Old French guidar “to guide, lead, conduct,” from the Frankish witan or “show the way,” and the Proto-Germanic witanan or “to look after, guard.”¹So guidance in many myths and traditions involves someone or something (a power, a presence, a god, God, Spirit) leading a seeker on a path. The word “guidance” is often tied mythically to the underlying archetype of the journey….Read Full Article

From Parabola

RELIGION

Beyond Fasting: What We Can All Learn From Ramadan

From Yes

BIBLE

Despite Disappointing Some, New Mark Manuscript Is Earliest Yet

The Egypt Exploration Society has recently published a Greek papyrus that is likely the earliest fragment of the Gospel of Mark, dating it from between A.D. 150–250. One might expect happiness at such a publication, but this important fragment actually disappointed many observers. The reason stems from the unusual way that this manuscript became famous before it became available….Read Full Article

From Christianity Today

LIVING

All the things you can make with stale bread

Keep this list in your back pocket and you’ll never have another reason to throw away uneaten bread.

Bread has been called “the staff of life” for good reason. Every culture has a bread that forms the basis of its traditional diet. Whether it’s tortillas in Latin America, chapatis in India, or baguettes in France, these diverse combinations of flour and water play a major role in making ethnic cuisines so delicious and diverse…Read Full Article

From treehugger

FAITH

Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians

A new study shows how poorly we understand the beliefs of people who identify as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular…Read Full Article

From the Atlantic

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