{"id":5651,"date":"2015-06-03T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2015-06-03T14:56:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:56:02","slug":"5651","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5651","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\"<\/a>In This Issue: Music to connect heaven and earth
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  1. KAZAKHSTAN: A House of Mercy<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. MALI: Thousands Flee Violent Upsurge in North<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. PAKISTAN: Giant Cross Erected<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. EGYPT: \u201cGarbage Kids\u201d Dream Big<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. ERITREA: Six Years in Prison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

    Northern New York has had the craziest weather this spring; one day I had a fire in my parlor stove and the next I had the air conditioner on. Yet one thing about June has been consistent for years. It is what I call the quiet season, simply because so little music is written to herald summer. I do have memories of the Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d but not much more. Send me<\/a> your summer playlist if you have one!<\/p>\n

    When new music is born, I think heaven celebrates. Perhaps when composing we hear heaven\u2019s strains. And heaven must grieve when music is quenched on earth (see the Mali story below; read about\u00a0 the \u201csavior of Afghan music<\/a>,\u201d a musicologist who lost his hearing to a Taliban bomb; and look up Psalm 137, the song about not singing).<\/p>\n

    Could music that glorifies God make the news in heaven? Think of angels saying, \u201cHey, they GOT it! A bit different than what I sent down, but it\u2019s good!\u201d\u00a0 Check out Global Worship<\/a> for lots of great music and images.<\/p>\n

    Musicians without Borders<\/a> says, \u201cWar divides, music connects.\u201d Its greatest purpose may be to connect us not only with one another but also with God. He is not limited to using music in a church or music written or sung by evangelicals. If we are willing to make connections with people different than us, God may open the door to allow us to help them connect with him, building bridges between heaven and earth, God and man.<\/p>\n

    One more thing: the Global Consultation on Music and Missions<\/a>, in Thailand is less than a month away. Pray for the attendees to make strategic connections. May heaven rejoice that new music is rising from all nations.\u00a0As one of the stories below reminds us, \u201cthe resources are in the harvest.\u201d That\u2019s especially true when it comes to music.<\/p>\n

    Blessings,
    \nPat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In This Issue: Music to connect heaven and earth KAZAKHSTAN: A House of Mercy MALI: Thousands Flee Violent Upsurge in North PAKISTAN: Giant Cross Erected EGYPT: \u201cGarbage Kids\u201d Dream Big ERITREA: Six Years in Prison Dear Readers, Northern New York has had the craziest weather this spring; one day I had a fire in my … Continue reading World News Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-5651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651","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=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5656,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions\/5656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}