Letters October 28, 1991 Issue

INSIDE: LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE

The Editors

A lot of observations have been made lately about the rapid shifts in the world's thinking so obviously underway. Repressive systems are being forced to loosen their ironclad grip. And people are discovering, in their personal lives—as well as in the greater arena of public events—that prayer plays a powerful role in getting free of the mindsets that would acquiesce in oppression.

In "True homecoming" a woman writes of breaking free from thoughts of a failed past. She comments, "When we begin to view life in a spiritual way ... we really begin to see ourselves and others in a new light—in the light of God's being, which can't ever be extinguished or covered up."

Even a national history of hatred and prejudice can be overcome, as evidenced in the first-person accounts in the special section on South Africa. When a black teenager is ostracized for trying to make friends with whites, she finds that forgiveness and reflecting God's love effectively antidote fear and make new steps toward brotherhood possible.

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