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Where was God during apartheid?
AS A CHILD, growing up in South Africa, I found it incomprehensible that normal, sensible people could support the system of apartheid, which was so obviously evil. I remember clearly the general elections that were held when I was eight years old. My parents supported the only legal political party that was in favor of abolishing apartheid.
In my childlike innocence, I was convinced that—despite 40 years of history showing the contrary—this year a new ruling party would be voted into power, and apartheid would be abolished. A system that separated people based on skin color could not last. I was convinced.
But I was wrong.
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Verity Sell is enjoying her career in retail and publishing. She lives in Massachusetts.
July 12, 2004 issue
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Spiritual intuition and healing
Kim Shippey
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letters
with contributions from Gatwiri Isaac, Henry Rutledge, Anna Willis, Kenneth Schwenker, Wilma Horan, Robin Van Order
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ITEMS of INTEREST
with contributions from Frances Moore Lappé, Jeffrey Perkins, Elizabeth Bernstein, Theresa Winslow, Nerissa Pacio
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intuition an exploration
By Marilyn Jones Senior Writer
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the 'sixth sense'
By Zina Bauman
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Go see Mike
by JEFFREY HILDNER
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Where was God during apartheid?
By Verity Sell
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Through a spiritual lens—BALLET TOE
Robin Virgil Matteson
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Sitting in a heavenly place
By Barbara Weigt
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Thinking outside the building
By Chris Meyer
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Slam the door on fear
By Diane Dailey
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'With God's help, I could stop pain'
Ian D. Williamson
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Healed of pneumonia
Tanya Gnedikova
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A regeneration in thought brings healing
Roberta Brown Wallace