PUT HATREDS ASIDE

Belatedly I want to say thank you for Jeremy Carper's insights in the article "India and Pakistan: Set old hatreds aside" [January 5, "The power of home"]. The need is, as he said, to put antagonism aside, be alert in a media–saturated culture, and address social problems in prayer. This is so important, not only for that conflicted area of the world, but closer to home in our own nation.

Thanks for the flow of wonderful healing articles pouring out each week.

JOY HINMAN
TURNER VALLEY, ALBERTA, CANADA

AWAKE AND LISTENING

Thank you for your always–helpful editorials. The one in the March 16 issue ["Grace to go forward"] titled "Calm nights—your right to rest" struck a chord with me, except that I would replace the word calm with fruitful.

I have develped a wonderful routine that usually takes place around 3:00 a.m. If I awaken at that hour, I rejoice because I know that I am about to have an interview with my Father–Mother. I have learned to be still, and as the boy Samuel did, in essence, say, "Speak, Lord. I am listening."

And speak He does, so I listen and hear. On many occasions the result of having completed our conversation is that not only has my need been met, or my fear calmed, but often someone else's need that requires my attention comes to thought as well.

CATHERINE SMITH
PIFFARD, NEW YORK, US

ADD TO THAT HELPFUL PHRASE ...

I very much enjoyed the article, "Starting at the top," by Pam DeBolt in the March 23 Sentinel ["Lifting economic stress"]. I can see that the points Ms. DeBolt raises in the article apply not only to economic stress, but physical stress, emotional stress and stress of all kinds. I particularly like the little saying she quoted in the article, "Worry and doubt will wear us out." I would only add to the end of that little saying, "whereas love and trust deliver us."

JACK MYERS
SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, US

KEEP THE FOCUS

This is in regard to the Letter in the March 30 Sentinel asking for more variety in the articles. While I appreciate the writer's viewpoint, I personally appreciate the concentration of articles on a single subject. It helps me focus my prayers for the world on that particular issue—and find solutions.

DIANE SKILLINGS PIORKOWSKI
MARIETTA, NY, US

FOUR HELPFUL POINTS

I appreciated "New place, same good" by Melanie D'Evelyn in the April 6 issue ["Good doesn't end"]. I found her article very helpful, in particular the four points she discusses about traps that can stand in the way of our progress and that often need to be dealt with.

In that same issue, I also really appreciated Susan Mack's article, "Good cannot end."

The Sentinel has gotten very good in the past year, in my view.

BRUCE CARRADINE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US

'A GOOD WAY TO PRAY'

I feel the April 13 issue ("'The Lord is my shepherd'") contains a message for everyone. Little children as well as adults can find comfort in the assurance that God leads, cares for, and protects as a shepherd does his sheep.

When I finished reading the article by Kathy Fitzer, "The 23rd Psalm—A timeless message," I was impelled to go back and read it again. This time it served as a foundation for prayer to read it slowly, substituting me for the word sheep and God for shepherd. It's a good way to pray—try it.

KRISTA GRAHAM
POWELL, OHIO, US

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