BROADCASTS.com

Take Quick to Listen\u2019s listener survey!\nTranscribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\nThe Navajo Nation continues to be hit hard by COVID-19. The community has reported nearly 7,000 cases and more than 330 deaths. Leaders have ordered businesses closed on weekends in a community that is spread across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Navajo Nation\u2019s preexisting conditions like poverty, limited running water, and close living situations make it extra vulnerable to coronavirus.\nThe lockdowns have made it challenging for people to access the resources they need, says\xa0Donnie Begay, who along with his wife, Renee, directs\xa0the Nations Movement, a campus ministry that\u2019s part of Cru.\n\u201cOn the Navajo Nation, there are only about a dozen food grocery stories that cover 27,000 square miles that is the Navajo reservation,\u201d said Begay, who lives in Albuquerque. Many on the reservation live at least an hour away from the border of the reservations and these lockdowns cut them off from the businesses on the other side.\n\u201cThese lockdowns can be very cumbersome to people\xa0who need to drive an hour or more just to buy groceries or necessities and food during the pandemic,\u201d said Begay.\nBegay joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss the community\u2019s complex relationship with Christianity, why they\u2019re uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19,\xa0and how Navajo millennials are making their faith their own.\nWhat is Quick to Listen?\xa0Read more\nRate Quick to Listen on\xa0Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on\xa0Twitter\nFollow our hosts on Twitter:\xa0Morgan Lee\xa0and\xa0Ted Olsen\nFollow our guest on Twitter: Donnie Begay\nMusic by\xa0Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced by\xa0Morgan Lee\xa0and\xa0Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by\xa0Bunmi Ishola\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices