January 12, 2004
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From the Editors
The Children of Bapure, Togo, and the Porta Farm squatters' village near Harare, Zimbabwe, help us connect the dots.
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"The steady Stream of inspirational books that flowed from publishing houses in the 1990s found such a spiritually needy audience that the stream has turned into an annual flood of new books with religious themes.
It's not so much the kind of work you do that matters, but the approach you take to it. Any kind of work can serve a higher cause.
A Texas state judge tells how spirituality and healing have made drug-court work his mission and passion.
A Peace Corps volunteer on assignment in Togo tells how prayer has helped her to help the girls of one village find new opportunity and self-fulfillment.
A young woman travels home to Africa and finds sustainable solutions to Zimbabwe's hunger crisis.
A great reason for giving of oneself: We each have a part to play in seeing what our Creator sees.
There is something you can do when faced with discouraging signs that age is creeping up on you.
The second in our continuing series on what Church membership can do for you, your neighbor, and the world.
"I'll
see you at lunch time" I whispered in the ear of my four-year-old son.
I was
recently taken through an exercise where I had to write down all the labels with which I associate myself: from nationality to religious affiliation; from my roles as son, brother, husband, uncle, friend to my roles as office manager and frequent scribe for this magazine.
It was kind of like peeling off layers of undesirable character traits so that my true spiritual identity could come to light.
I woke up in the middle of one night with a strong burning pain in my stomach.
Two years ago I had proof of how important it is to pray for oneself and for one's family.
Since God is everyone's source, and He is illimitable, our possibilities and opportunities are also illimitable.
