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Getting beyond being upset for Africa
"YOU MAY FIND some of the pictures in this report upsetting," advised the BBC News announcer politely, introducing an update on Liberia as the first peacekeepers arrive in Monrovia.
May? I guess there might be some people who could view mass graves being filled with civilians killed in cross-fire, rebels and government forces firing machine guns with wild abandon, and sad and hungry children yearning for safety, and not get upset. But not a lot of us. I consider the precious ones facing this agony my brothers and sisters, and as I watch this news report, my heart yearns to see them comforted. Never having endured a war zone or faced real hunger, I can't truly begin to imagine their pain. But it is easy to get upset for them.
As a spiritual thinker, I ask myself, "Isn't getting upset being a part of the problem, rather than a part of the solution?" As a spiritual warrior, I answer my own question: "That depends on what you get upset over, and what you do about it!"
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September 1, 2003 issue
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Giving and getting
Dave Hohle
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Letters
with contributions from Dana Barnes, Laurel D. Marquart, Richard J. Jamborsky, Virginia Huff
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items of interest
with contributions from Simone Dalton, Stephen J. Lee
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AT HOME in the love of our neighbor
By Ruth Elizabeth Jenks
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A military mom shares her prayer
By Kathi LaTourrette
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Terrorism and getting beyond the fear of evil
By Marta Greenwood
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Prayer about drugs in school
Andrew Wilson with contributions from John Falkingham
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Writing with God
By Kim Shippey Senior Writer
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We put our business IN GOD'S HANDS
By Usha Zaveri
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Out of misery into God's open arms
By Sarah C. Nelson
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The Spirit in the Word
By Elaine Follis
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Getting beyond being upset for Africa
By Tony Lobl
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Prayer brings healing in an emergency room
Mike Tupper
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Cavities healed through prayer
Name removed by request
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Carry-on courage
Bill Dawley