{"id":11952,"date":"2023-04-19T13:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11952"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:33:40","slug":"six-years-in-prison-a-book-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11952","title":{"rendered":"Six Years in Prison | Book of Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this week\u2019s News Briefs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Myanmar: Sentenced to Six Years in Prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burkina Faso: Displaced by Extremists and Nearly Killed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World: Decade of Great Commission Effort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southeast Asia:&nbsp;The First Believers in Their Province<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Africa: A Once-Ridiculed People Find Joy and Identity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/missionscatalyst\/april-19-newsbriefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read or share the email edition<\/a> or scroll down for individual stories and links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passover and Easter always come at the same time, but sometimes other religious holidays overlap as well. The timing of Ramadan this year meant all three Abrahamic faiths had celebrations around the same time. But did you know Hindus and Buddhists had something to celebrate as well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Many Buddhists recently celebrated the lunar new year\u2014Songkran is a national holiday in Thailand. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/april-web-only\/songkran-thailand-buddhism-christian-water-elders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water, Water Everywhere: How Christians View Thailand\u2019s Water Festival<\/a> (Christianity Today).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hindu celebration of Hanuman Jayanti was this month as well. Read one man\u2019s thoughts about this legendary monkey\/man\u2019s devotion and why he honors him in <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/04\/05\/how-hanuman-guided-me-as-a-son-and-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Hanuman Guided Me as a Son and Father<\/a> (Religion News Service).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of honored leaders, you likely heard about the Dalai Lama\u2019s controversial request of a young devotee. It may not be what you think. Two views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/backtojerusalem.com\/dalai-lama-tells-young-boy-suck-my-tongue-btj-missionary-and-former-buddhist-lama-reveals-the-dark-reason-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dalai Lama Tells Young Boy \u201cSuck My Tongue\u201d \u2013 Former Buddhist Lama Reveals the Dark Reason Why<\/a> (Back to Jerusalem)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/asia\/india\/dalai-lama-video-defend-tongue-suck-b2319669.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dalai Lama\u2019s Tongue-Sucking Request Was \u2018Innocent Grandfatherly Affection,\u201d Says Tibetan Leader<\/a> (The Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to understand Buddhists better? Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ljs6EWLwGYU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change the Map Podcast<\/a> and subscribe for more about sharing Jesus with Buddhists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking forward to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/what-if-pentecost-never-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\">next Christian holiday<\/a>,<br>Pat Noble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image: Translators and cousins Ezekiah Dada and Enos Dada carry an ark holding newly translated Keliko New Testaments through the streets of Koboko, Uganda (Wycliffe Bible Translators).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s News Briefs: Read or share the email edition or scroll down for individual stories and links. Greetings! Passover and Easter always come at the same time, but sometimes other religious holidays overlap as well. The timing of Ramadan this year meant all three Abrahamic faiths had celebrations around the same time. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=11952\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six Years in Prison | Book of Joy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11957,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11952\/revisions\/11957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}