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ORDER ON THE ICE
Even prior to the summer league incident my mom describes, I would sometimes let my temper cloud my judgment and hinder my ability to play. Hockey is a very physical game, like football, and you don't realize that you can do damage if you don't control your emotions. I had to learn that bad temper isn't really part of me as a child of God. It's not what God put inside me.
My initial feeling after the stick incident was utter sorrow and embarrassment, because I had reacted and lost my temper. The other guy wasn't hurt, and because he was protected in his own way, I was incredibly grateful.
I began to evolve in my thought a prayer based on who I am spiritually, and it sounds like a mantra, but whenever the thought of what I'd done would come to mind, I'd say to myself, "This is no part of me and cannot claim to be part of me as God's child." I knew I didn't have to be held hostage by a mistake.
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February 11, 2002 issue
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How about joining us for a cup of calm?
Warren Bolon
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Weston D. Clement, Sid Kaizen, Anne Adams Messner, Valerie Jeeves, Peter F. Barker, Dee Mahuvawalla, Caron Cosden
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Items of interest
with contributions from Stephen G. Wright, Jean Sayer-Adams, John Freeman, Dick Stanley
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Hockey family
Susan Els
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ORDER ON THE ICE
Japhet Els
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A HOCKEY DAD'S PRAYERS
David Els
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Preventing violence on the field
Marilyn C. Jones
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The player's viewpoint
Kim Shippey Sentinel staff
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The smell of the ice
Vince Winkel
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Spiritual dimension undergirds Olympic ideals
Wendy Winegar
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Argentina—the press, the pot-banging, the prayers
Pedro Scarano
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Prayer vs. bush fires
Russ Gerber with contributions from Sancy Childs
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A clear understanding of womanhood brings healing
Christine Hurley Pappas
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The grace of healing
Rosemary Brown
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Prayer reverses childbirth crisis
Gayle McManus with contributions from John Hueffner
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Health and wholeness replace fever
George Barbary
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'Daddy, are we having an adventure?'
John Selover