Content can't be loaded!

From the Editors

To Our Readers

Stereotypes.

YOUR LETTERS

I'm always grateful to see how God works in answering our individual questions.
Article

items of interest

When author and journalist Daniel Bergner set out to write about Louisiana's Angola State Prison, he was looking for some signs of God's presence.

Unmasking stereotypes ...

Ever had something you've always assumed to be true suddenly proved false? That's what happened to these authors when colleagues, neighbors, even perfect strangers, behaved in refreshingly unpredictable ways. Each learned a lesson about the stereotypes he or she had accepted—and about what's really true.

White and black, white and white—it didn't matter what stereotype was presented. The one Mind, God, knew each of us only as His children.

Take care of yourself

When daily demands pile up, it can be tempting simply to do more, faster. Yet it may be that taking time to focus on God is what's really needed.

Still

Nothing can disturbman's calm reflectionof God's perfection.
Learn how a father and daughter prayed—for themselves and the world—following an abduction attempt that hit close to home.

Don't confuse giving up with letting go

On the verge of conceding defeat, this author discovered that dropping a few false impressions enabled him not only to continue, but to excel.

HOW CAN I MEASURE UP?

An experience I had in college taught me a lesson about the benefit of measuring self-worth from a spiritual standpoint.
Article
Healing the lonesome heart

God is in control

On a snowy afternoon with a spirited horse named Fletcher, Amy learned just how near God's help—and healing—are.

Dear Sentinel

When I listen to God, good things happen.

The swelling dissipated by bedtime, and there was never any bruising.

Love melts stepchild's anger and resistance

I knew, even though there didn't seem to be a response, love would win.

My teeth were all back where they belonged and were again in perfect alignment.

The search for spirituality

Religious worship is sidelined if left at church.

.

What we're thinking about others is not the only thing that requires careful attention.