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The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 13

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It’s Holy Week—the week at the center of all history. A few of my friends and I made the piece below as Easter approached. We call it Three Days.

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The Lamb of God

Sharon Rockwell meditates on a name of Jesus.

  • Every year for Easter dessert my mother would use a special mold to create a cake shaped like a lamb lying down. The cake would be frosted with white icing and covered in coconut to resemble the lamb’s soft wool. This cake was eagerly anticipated by all of us kids, especially with hopes that one of us would get the head – it had the most frosting! The tradition that came from my father’s family was that the youngest child would be asked why we had a lamb cake for Easter dessert. One by one, each of us learned the proper answer, because “Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
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Rediscovering Wonder

Kristen Pittman shares her commitment to the practice of wonder.

  • It’s confession time.
    Not long ago I caught myself committing what many view as a cardinal sin of reading. In the middle of a story, I was skipping ahead to skim the final pages of the book I was reading. Only after discovering the ending was satisfactory did I go back to my bookmark and complete the rest.
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Celebrate Poetry All Month Long with Read, Discuss, Do

Our friends at Read, Discuss, Do have recommendations to help you celebrate poetry during National Poetry Month.

  • We are celebrating National Poetry Month with a weekly poetry challenge all month long. 
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A Dare to Live Lighter

Julia Ubbenga challenges us to focus on God over stuff.

  • A powerful personal experience finally made my detachment concrete.
    One December evening, while sitting in my car outside my favorite coffee shop—the one nestled on the corner of our town square, facade adorned with white globe lights—I had an overwhelming urge to call my grandma.
    I was new to these intuition-filled calls to action, but I was noticing them more now that I was focused less on stuff and more on God.
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Editor’s note: we’re interrupting regular programming this week to bring you some contemplative pieces for Holy Week. We’ll be back to regular posting next week. A blessed week to you and yours.


If You Had Been Here: A Poem for Holy Week

This poem is best accompanied by a reading from John 11.

  • Click through for an image, video, and the text of a poem to read this Holy Week.
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Last Words (Tenebrae)

  • Click through for a video and song to meditate on during Holy Week.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

Learn more about the poetry form of Odes, read some, and learn to write them yourselves!

Something to Watch

Have you ever wondered why runway numbers are what they are? CGP Grey has an explanation for us.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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