Dear Friends,
We are eager to meet together for our next CS Monitor prayer session on Monday, August 31st at 7pm ET. These meetings bring forth insightful discussions and wonderful opportunities to come together in a thoughtful and prayerful way for our world. Janell and Sarah will be our hosts. We would love to have you join us.
The article that we will consider together this week is from THE MONITOR’S VIEW. The link is listed below. It is helpful to have read or listened to the article beforehand, but you are welcome to join us regardless. Feel free to share this email with others who might want to participate, as well.
Parents in prison: New ways to sustain family bonds
By the Monitor's Editorial Board, July 29, 2026, 3:55 p.m. ET
The increasing incarceration of women – often for minor, nonviolent offenses – carries a high human cost. There is a shift toward alternatives that balance accountability with the right of children to continued parental care.
Bonus: A new CS Monitor Why We Wrote This podcast was published on August 14th. The podcast and transcript can be accessed through the link below, as well as through Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
‘Desperate men in desperate times’: Reporting on Russia’s failed August coup of 1991
Three Days That Shook the World
By Clayton Collins, Director of Innovation, Mackenzie Farkus, Associate Multimedia Producer
August 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
Daniel Sneider was the Monitor’s Moscow bureau chief 35 years ago this month when Kremlin hard-liners grabbed Mikhail Gorbachev at a dacha in Crimea, in a short-lived coup attempt. In this special episode, we surface some newly unearthed archival Monitor Radio audio and talk with Dan about what Monitor multimedia reporting looked like (and sounded like) in 1991, about what the story of that era presaged, and about the qualities of Monitor journalism that Dan still holds dear. Clay Collins hosts.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Podcasts/Why-We-Wrote-This/wwwt_2608
We are looking forward to this expression of church that propels us towards prayer.
Warmly
Your JP Monitor prayer team (Brian, Janell, Joe, Sarah and Tee)
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