April 15, 2002
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From the Editors
One
of the main things I learned in high school years ago in north Texas was to flip on a smile.
Thank you for the small column with big content, "You do matter" [February 18].
Article
"More than a half-century
ago, theologian Teilhard de Chardin conceived of an emerging web of global consciousness, which he dubbed the noosphere.
How one woman went about finding the kind of happiness that isn't at the mercy of anyone or anything.
With the power of God, it's possible to take tough situations and turn them into steppingstones to greater joy.
Actual physical healing is one of the byproducts of feeling the gladness God gives us all.
When the author found herself suffering from the symptoms of manic depression—an illness that ran in her family—she tried many different remedies. Prayer was the only one that worked.
Two women tell how they were able to conquer grief and despair over the passing of loved family members.
A white chaliced tulip, orange-crowned daffodils butter and honeycupped, the perfume of narcissuspetal fanned, these are vowels in God's own language.
Happiness
is a mental and physical state of complete serenity and peace.
Part 2 of our series "The changing face of church" profiles religion writer Philip Yancey.
'I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out words used and misused by the church of my youth.
Gathering news stories
with a spiritual perspective week by week, we wondered what kinds of material the Sentinel of a century ago carried.
'I knew then and still know now that whatever strength I had came from God and my reliance on Him—not from my human body.'
I
had only two days before I was to leave for Venezuela on a visit to my daughter, and there were many things to do before I left.
At
one time, I found myself locked into my role in the old wives' tale about mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law not getting along.
It is possible to embrace serenity, contentment, and joy as a kind of "built-in" way of thinking.
