August 16, 2004
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From the Editors
As WE WELL KNOW,
the news these days can be anything but uplifting.
A clinical psychologist and a Christian Science practitioner each explore the potent healing capability of compassion.
According to the Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond, "Compassion is one of those things that make the world go round."
IN 21ST-CENTURY WARFARE,
images can be as devastating as bombs.
When this writer launched out one morning prepared to follow God's leading, an amazing series of events resulted.
Mom and daughter connections . . . everyday stuff and global events—there's a higher order, and a way to find it.
For this couple from Australia, what began as a humanitarian effort to help people thousands of miles away, turned into an adventure in spiritual growth and healing.
PARENTS WHO STUDY THE BIBLE
are likely to be familiar with the proverb, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it".
The next in our continuing series on what church membership can do for you, your neighbor, and the world.
Article
A FRIEND,
who is real estate developer, told me he gets up before dawn to make a list of the things he needs to do and people he needs to reach during the day.
I realized that God was right with me,
and that He wasn't
in the drama—the pain and panic of my present situation.
Last
year I found myself in the middle of a crisis.
Trusting God's promise
of unceasing love
can give each of us
the courage
to step outside
of our own
comfort zones.
