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The Hill Museum & Monastic Library rescues manuscripts from across the centuries and across the world. And there are worlds in this place on palm leaf and papyrus, in microfilm and pixels — stories of ordinary life as well as the rise and fall of civilizations. We explore this with a Benedictine monk and an Ethiopian scholar who have led some of its most intriguing work. In their lives as in this work, the relevance of ancient manuscripts to people of the present, and the cultural cargo of the past itself, are revealed in a new light.

via Preserving Words and Worlds [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media].

One of my secret goals in life is to be interviewed by Krista Tippett for the Speaking of Faith podcast.  It’s an amazing interview series that looks at faith and culture from a wide variety of perspectives.  I’ve been thrilled and taught as she’s interviewed Shane Claiborne about new monasticism and Zen Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, looked at the history of doubt in last week’s episode, and I can not wait until episodes from week to week.

I haven’t yet listened to this week’s episode, linked above, but I deeply respect Columba Stewart’s work and want to savor this one like a fine wine.  Enjoy.