July 9, 2001
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From the Editors
From Bejing to Santiago
, domestic violence affects spouses, children, and extended families.
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According to statistics
recently published in Newsweek, there has been a marked shift in the demographics of global Christianity.
The director of a women's shelter in St. Petersburg, Florida, Linda Osmundson knows something about what pulls a person up from the depths. In an interview, she explains her convictions, gained during more than 16 years on the job.
For 17 years, I was in what I now realize was a marriage full of emotional abuse—put-downs, name-calling, and hardship.
When people talk about domestic violence, they usually focus on women.
Read how concepts of prayer can change and evolve, bringing about healing.
It's not asking too much to be able to make ends meet. Here's how it worked for one woman when she prayed about it.
Healing isn't just about staying healthy. It's also about staying safe from danger. Read how a scuba diver got immediate help from God when he found himself trapped and alone in an underwater coral head.
As the author says, "Chasing a robber isn't what I would ordinarily do." But that's what his prayer led him to do.
For this mother, responsibility meant learning to respond to all God's ability.
With deep desire and curiosity, I asked God if He really healed.
At night, I would often have to stand by a window, in order to breathe.
That was it. No burn, no pain, no mark, no recovery period.
Although we had fallen behind considerably, we managed to meet all the deadlines.
I could not be divided between being the expression of God and feeling disabled.
Thanks so much for the new series, "Praying for the world's children.
We can expect life to unfold to us more of the richness and beauty that we are naturally heir to.
