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From barriers to bridges

The Iran-Iraq War began in 1980, lasted eight years, and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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This is war

Don't get me wrong.
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Looking back, looking forward

One of the first people I spoke with on September 11 was a woman whose son Ben worked in the World Trade Center.
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Last Night one of our local teams advanced to the Little League World Series.
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For the good of the whole

Yogurt  is a staple at our house, but I recently learned that some of the cartons it comes in aren't being accepted at recycling centers.
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There are two very practical spiritual steps you can take when a child is missing:
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In the small-town high school I attended, the name Magellan didn't refer to Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.
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Touching the infinite

These lines translated from Part Two of Goethe's Faust conclude the "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler.
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A time for steadfastness

Former US Senator George Mitchell is architect of the Mitchell plan for attaining peace in the Middle East.
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Authority over disease

I Recently revisited a landmark of the holistic health revolution—Norman Cousins's book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient.
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Is it OK to be happy?

IN this spiritual journey millions of us are on, I've recently heard people wonder out loud if it's OK to be happy even in these tumultuous times.
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Walking through the fear

About 25 years ago, I was coming home from a long workday, late at night.