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Called

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Called is a monthly podcast from Mosaic Middle East - a UK charity working alongside vulnerable and marginalised communities across the Middle East through locally led partnerships in areas such as livelihoods, education, healthcare and psychosocial support.The name Called reflects a simple but challenging truth: these are not just stories to hear, but a call to respond. Each episode shares voices from across the region - partners, practitioners and those with lived experience - exploring what it means to live out faith in contexts of conflict, displacement and uncertainty.Through honest conversation and reflection, Called invites listeners not only to be inspired, but to be challenged: to a faith that is present, sacrificial and rooted in hope.Find out more about Mosaic Middle East at: www.mosaicmiddleeast.org Sign up to receive regular updates and more stories from across the region: https://mailchi.mp/mosaicmiddleeast.org/sign-up-to-updates-from-mosaic-middle-east

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Between the Cross and the Empty Tomb: Easter reflections from the Middle East

There is a temptation, every Easter, to move too quickly. From the darkness of Good Friday to the light of Easter Sunday. From suffering to hope. From death to resurrection. It is, after all, a hopeful story. A triumphant one. But this year, as conflict continues across the Middle East, that movement feels harder — and perhaps, it should. Speaking from Jerusalem, Richard Sewell reflects on what it means to live in the tension of Holy Week when suffering is not symbolic, but immediate and ongoing. And his message is simple, but deeply challenging: Do not rush to Sunday. The Weight of Good Friday Good Friday is not a moment to be hurried through. It is a day of grief. Of injustice. Of silence. It is a reminder that God does not stand at a distance from human suffering, but enters fully into it. In contexts of war and displacement, this truth carries particular weight. The cross is not abstract. It is recognisable. In fear. In loss. In the quiet endurance of those who continue, day by day, to live in uncertainty. To rush past Good Friday is to risk diminishing that reality. A Church That Stays One of the most powerful witnesses of the Church in the Middle East is not found in grand statements, but in quiet presence. Hospitals remain open. Communities gather. People pray. There is no denial of suffering - but neither is there abandonment. This is what it means to be present. And perhaps this is where the global Church is most challenged. In a world where it is easy to look away - to switch off the news, to feel overwhelmed - the call of Easter is not to disengage, but to remain. Hope That Does Not Deny Reality Easter hope is not about ignoring suffering. It is not about easy answers or quick resolutions. It is about something far more costly. It is about believing that life can emerge from death - not instead of it, but through it. This kind of hope does not shout. It is quieter. More resilient. Often found in small, easily overlooked places. In a mother rebuilding her life. In a community refusing to give up. In acts of courage that go unseen. Living Between the Now and the Not Yet At Mosaic, we often speak of working in the space between the now and the not yet. Easter sits precisely in that space. The resurrection has come - and yet the world is not as it should be. And so we live in tension. We grieve. We pray. We act. Not because everything is resolved - but because hope remains.

2 Apr 2026 - 40 min
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