Thanks for tuning in. My hope for this poem and episode is that it might help others navigate how to handle and pray for some of the heaviness we experience in the world, in particular the current pain of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

You can find the video of this poem on my instagram, find me @larissa_matson

Joshua Luke Smith's podcast episode I mentioned is here:

"When it's too bad to be true"

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7q7UZZqrEAsr4yVFHGemEd?si=702a4f64034140a2

Friends of Roots can be found at friendsofroots.net (sorry - in the audio I said .com but its .net)

And an episode of the podcast Theology in the Raw* with the founder of Roots, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mBy13TbQVMn50W1vJQ5Ar?si=0e418d5d539a4c5a

*I haven't listened to other episodes of this podcast, so I have no idea what the host believes or puts forward on his platform. It looks like he engages with a wide variety of guests but I just wanted to caveat that all I'm currently vouching for and informed on is this episode.