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A Prayer for Those
Who
Are Suffering
Gracious God, all around me people are suffering.
When I turn away from my own problems, I feel sorrow
for the problems of others. Through the news, the
media, and my conversations, I am daily confronted
with the pain and suffering of so many innocent
people in my life and in the world...
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| God is With Us |
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There are moments and days when we feel
overwhelmed by the gnawing need to find
meaning.
Because God is transcendent - that is, greater
than we can comprehend - our lives do mean
something, not because of what we do, but because of
who we are and who God is.
Because God is greater than we are, we can know that
we are forever known, forever loved, and forever
valued.
by Renee Miller
from Oasis:
God is With Us
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| An Explorefaith Exclusive! |
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The neighbors we encounter these days do not always
hold the same religious beliefs as we do.
This is
a fact of contemporary life, exemplified by the diversities of
places of worship we see as we travel: synagogues, churches
and mosques.
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Do Christians believe
followers of other religions
are doomed?
My own feeling is that Christianity is unique but it
is not
exclusive. Let me illustrate: A magnifying glass
focused on
the bare shoulder of a person can burn and burn
deeply. That
glass makes more intense the heat of the sun. But
that sun is
shining all over the world - it just burns more
intensely
through the magnifying glass.
My belief is
that God
is trying to make his love known through every source
possible - this includes religions other than
Christian.
by The Rev. Dr. Brooks Ramsey
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Words of Deep Comfort: Julian of Norwich |
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Julian of Norwich becomes
a true companion to
those
seeking God's love in the midst of a dark night of
the soul...She stands face to face with life's
contradictions. Yet she moves forward in the
darkness clinging to the words:
You will not be overcome.
God did not say you will not be troubled,
You will not be belaboured,
You will not be disquieted;
But God said,
You will not be overcome.
from Julian
of Norwich
by Sylvia Maddox
SAINTS, PROPHETS,
AND SPIRITUAL GUIDES
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the spiritual teachers who have shaped our
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Our coverage is intended to show what these people
can mean to us now, how they can help us envision
new realities in which a relationship with God is the
core from which all thoughts and actions spread.
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Just
Peace: A Message of Hope
by Mattie J.T. Stepanek (with Jimmy Carter)
Mattie's message is two-fold. First, he believed
that every person has a "heartsong" that is his or
her own special, unique blessedness. Second, while
he recognized that disagreements and conflicts are
inevitable, he believed that violence, abuse, and
war are not.
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