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Government's missteps and right steps — what is our part?
"We can pray for our country."
Brazil's ardently longed-for economic stability seemed to be falling apart day after day, with rumors, successive dips in the currency, and not very convincing speeches. A friend called me, angry and disgusted; he needed to talk to someone. As the owner of a small business, he was feeling firsthand the effects of the events, and with a degree in economics, he was convinced that the attitudes and steps taken by those in governing positions were wrong and counterproductive.
My friend was not an exception; not only in Brazil but elsewhere many people were, and still are, feeling like helpless victims of economic and governmental instability. Is there something that we, the people, can do?
In thinking about all this, I found interesting parallels in the book of the prophet Jeremiah. The Scriptures are a kind of "sampler" of all types of human behavior and events. Although they refer to events thousands of years ago, they reveal more similarities to than differences from our times. It's not surprising that the inspired teachings of the Bible are as valid today as when they were first recorded.
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May 22, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
Russ Gerber
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Jane Monday, Russell Scott Whittaker
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items of interest
with contributions from Walter Kistler, Bruce Felton, George Gilder
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Because Life loves you
By Channing Walker
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What I learned from the cows
By Rebecca Harder
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Take another look
By Janet Ivcich Hegarty
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Is good to be expected?
By Peggy Gordon
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A game that made a difference
By Jayne W. Rattman
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The night I stopped thinking about suicide
By Chestnut P. Booth
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Joy
Myrtle Tosh Drake
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Race like the wind? Go right ahead
Name removed by request
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Christian Science heals severe burn
Marion Jean Froats Byram
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Child's earache healed
Barbara Lyman Cruden
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Complete healing following a fall
Ann F. Searles Cummings
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Prayer heals injured thumb
Kay Keelor
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Government's missteps and right steps — what is our part?
By Alessandra P. Colombini
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To the class of 2000: Love is why you're here
Margaret Rogers