June 16, 2003
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From the Editors
The Maps
in this issue take us down new highways of thought.
What started out for Scott Davis as a research trip to Syria to write a travel book became a spiritual journey in peacemaking.
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When a group of 100 Congolese refugees was forced to walk over 600 miles across Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), they had only one thing to rely on—prayer.
The author's grandfather lived a life that set an example: It's a relief to shed the burdens of materiality and find one's "true self."
Noted author, physician, and spiritual explorer, Dr. Larry Dossey, comments on the increasing research on the effect of prayer in today's healthcare.
When work is scarce or layoffs loom, we can—like the proverbial prodigal son—go to God and hear His assurance: "All that I have is yours."
Facing a serious respiratory illness, the author turned to God with all her heart, and found that learning a lesson in humility resulted in an impressive healing.
From
the earliest days of slavery in the United States—through the Civil War, Jim Crow laws in the South, marches and demonstrations to achieve full civil rights, through the rise of black Christian churches, the Nation of Islam, and a recovering of ancestral religions such as al-Islam and Yoruba—African Americans have been sustained and strengthened during the last 300 years by an unwavering faith in God.
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Brooklyn,
New York, is an enormous religious melting pot, and a couple of weeks ago, I went to hear an interfaith panel discuss the subject of prayer.
God is good, and He has created my identity as a reflection of His goodness.
Every
aspect of our lives depends only on God.
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Healing comes right along with spiritual growth when you're studying Christian Science.
