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From the Editors

A CLEAR-CUT PATH

INGRID PESCHKE, MANAGING EDITOR

"I must be about my Father's business".
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A HOLY THING

PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR

The beautiful thing about worship is its ability to begin and take flight at any time, anywhere.
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LEARNING AND HEALING

STEVE GRAHAM,

Chapter three of John's Gospel opens with a life-transforming dialogue.
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ABUNDANCE–WHAT A WORD!

KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER

In this week's Sentinel we consider a paradox: In a world troubled by diminishing material resources, there's a heightened awareness among many individuals of unfailing spiritual resources that can restore the balance—and heighten one's own resourcefulness.
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HELD BY GOD'S HAND

MAIKE BYRD, STAFF EDITOR

"We didn't have a clue," my husband recently summarized the time when we first became parents.
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THE CHURCH WHERE I BELONG

INGRID PESCHKE, MANAGING EDITOR

There was no church.
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LET SPIRIT MOVE YOU

JENNY ROEMER, STAFF EDITOR

There's no doubt that many people are both spiritually hungry and ready to receive what truly animates and enlivens them.
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A BEAUTIFUL PROMISE

PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR

The fear and dread of making mistakes can become an obsession.
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HOPEFUL TONES

STEVE GRAHAM, MANAGING EDITOR JOURNAL, SENTINEL, HERALD

Riding the economic roller coaster over the past year or so, we've all watched the markets fluctuate wildly and received a glut of financial news that's been better one moment and worse the next, that's sometimes confirmed the experts' predictions and other times confounded it.
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THE SHEPHERD AT WORK IN OUR LIVES

KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER

It's gently ironic that many of us who talk of shepherds or of the caring role historical played by shepherds, haven't seen one at work—least of all on foot, crook in hand.
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CONFLICTS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOOD

MAIKE BYRD, STAFF EDITOR

One recent Sunday afternoon, I had the pleasure of meeting Marion Stoddart.
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INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES

INGRID PESCHKE, MANAGING EDITOR

These are not easy times.