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A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 28th, 2023. You can hear more reports on our homepage radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play.

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A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on June 29th, 2023. You can hear more reports on our homepage radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play.

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Producer: Kris Boswell

United Nations programs throughout Latin America, and even operating in the United States with the help of NGOs, are running the immigration crisis.

This includes direct payments being made to illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in the form of debit cards and even envelopes of cash. And the money for this is coming heavily from American taxpayers.

This is according to Todd Bensman and his extensive reporting throughout Latin America. Bensman is a Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and an award-winning journalist covering national security topics with a focus on the Texas border. He is also the author of the new book titled “Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in US History.”

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The moment I read the title of Pico Iyer’s new book — The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise — I was hooked.

Yet, the more I read about people’s pursuits, the more I began to question the notion of paradise.

“The struggle of your life is your paradise.” — Eido Roshi

Pico’s life offers him an intimate understanding of the nature of human longing; Both as a lifelong traveler and a writer who lives in a small town in Japan and often stays at a monastery. So, I was curious…

What are our souls longing for when they cry out for home, as the Sufis write? Do we ever get there? And, if not, where do we go?

“It’s the longing for paradise that gets in the way of paradise and prevents us from seeing it,” he shares. “When you step into a temple in Kyoto, there's often a Japanese sentence written on the ground that means: Look beneath your feet.

In other words, this is paradise. Don't look into the future. This is the paradise we have to discover and make.”

In our conversation, Pico awakens us to the countless opportunities we have to do so. His invitations offer us freedom from distraction, as he describes, reminding us of our agency in a highly stimulating world.

In this episode of The Tent Making Christianity QCQ Podcast, the team answers the question "Why do some seek but not find God?". 

Our intrepid heroes made it through the wildnerness and have arrived at the entrance to the Temple of the Mendicants.  While they've been welcomed readily, it's still unclear just what they'll find inside.  Have the Misfits caught a break, or will their search turn up empty?

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In today's episode I break down how I feel about turning 40 soon, describe my ideal man, explain a recent Tinder experience and ask you, the audience, for a date. Welcome to my personal hell. Enjoy the show!

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Luck and hard work, both have an impact on your life. While hard work may not guarantee you phenomenal success, its lack does lead to failure. When you put your best efforts in, you do unlock your achievements. Try just timing your luck and you are not guaranteed anything. The actions you take ensure your results. While lame luck can have a play, deliberate actions increase the chances of the success you seek.

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- Adoption/MPE/NPE in TV storylines

- "The Lost Sons" on CNN

- Family Search completes digitization of Microfilm

- Revisiting Ancestry DNA's "ThruLines"- thanks @thednageek

- Author Megan Culhane Galbraith (megangalbraith.com) talks about "The Guild of the Infant Savior: An Adopted Child's Memory Book"

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In this episode, I tell the story of my pilgrimage to Arunachala, the great Shiva mountain in southern India. While circling the conical peak while chanting Om Namah Shivaya, I encounter the ego-destroying god Shiva. And I come closer to what I've been seeking for decades. I get a glimpse of my true self. Moreover, I realize that I have far more faith than I imagined. The lesson I learned? Faith is not belief in a concept. Faith is a verb. To have faith is to trust in one's own experience. 

Brad Wetzler is the author of the new memoir INTO THE SOUL OF THE WORLD: MY JOURNEY TO HEALING (Hachette Go). You can buy the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Into-Soul-World-Journey-Healing/dp/0306829304/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683471841&sr=8-1

This powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist’s story of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas. Suffering from PTSD and severe depression from past trauma, battling an addiction to overprescribed psychiatric medication, and at the rock bottom of his career, journalist Brad Wetzler had nowhere to go. So he set out on a journey to wander and hopefully find himself—and the world—again. Into the Soul of the World is Wetzler’s thrilling, impactful, and heartrending memoir of healing—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. An adventure journalist at heart, Wetzler mixes travelogue with empowering insights about his inner journey to better care for his own mental health. Journey with him as he travels across Israel and the West Bank, before moving on to India, a candle-lit cave on a mountaintop in the Himalayan foothills, and a life-changing encounter with a 100-year-old yogi. Wetzler's writing is full of the poignant, amusing, and occasionally heart‑breaking situations that unfold when we finally decide to confront depression (or any mental health struggle) and declare ourselves ready to heal: How do we heal our past and thrive again? What does it mean to live a good life? How can we transform our suffering and serve others? His answer: live to tell the story and find the humility and courage to be the best human you can be. 

For more info about Brad Wetzler, visit bradwetzler.com

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