UPFRONT February 7, 2005 Issue

A THOUGHT THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE

STEVE GRAHAM, MANAGING EDITOR

"Someday you'll make sense out of these dark mornings." That was the thought that came to me recently. The sun wasn't even up yet, but there I was, struggling over some editing, trying to figure out how everything was going to come together for the next issue of the Sentinel. It was a fleeting thought, but one that mattered.

This glimmer had nothing to do with turning bleakness into fake, pollyanna-type happiness. (I'm not even sure I can honestly say I'll ever see much of a reason for dark winter mornings!) But something dawned, even as I squinted in the glare of a particularly harsh fluorescent light out in the doughnut shop parking lot. At some point, it has to be clear that even in the dark times, our lives and our persevering do matter, and that out of obscurity can come a way to make sense of things. For me, it was the thought that God has had me in His sight all the while.

This week we're talking about places that have seen some pretty bleak times. Iraqis have suffered dictatorship, war, and civil unrest. South Asia has endured a cataclysm the scope of which is unknown in most lifetimes. Our goal is to help point paths out these and others turmoils—paths toward reconstructing, reconciling, healing—through insights into humanity's spiritual relationship with God.

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