September 6, 1999
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From the Editors
Parents, teachers, and
school administrators have been looking into, and in some cases experimenting with, a number of options related to school safety.
Article
When first-grader
Zachary Hood was told he could read a favorite story to his class, he chose the account of Jacob and Esau in the Bible.
It's back-to-school season—time for lunch boxes and backpacks, crossing guards and school buses. Whether you're associated with the schools in your neighborhood or not, it's time to pray for them.
The ninety-first Psalm brought this mother peace as she prayed for her daughters' safety at their bomb-threatened schools. The twenty-third Psalm comforted the girls themselves.
Out of 1,950 kids, about 800 did not show up for school that day.
As she helped students work through their fears after last spring's Columbine shootings, this author found that children of all ages know that love is more powerful than hate.
At first she just wanted the "problem kid" to disappear. Then she decided to be his friend. What a difference her love made—to them both.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Ever carried on a debate with a book? This reader did for five years. Can you guess which book?
Many people work hard not to be racist. But even such earnest resolve can be undermined by subtle bias. At those times, prayer renews one.
Find out what this girl did when a bully began frightening her on her walk home from school.
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I returned to my flying duties in less than ten days.
In less than two weeks, perfect health had been restored, and the healing has been permanent.
Recently I went to the front lawn to get the local paper.
I walked around while I was declaring these truths. Suddenly the pain completely left.
Only as the mental environment is cleared do we find the earth's environment made whole and beautiful.
