FROM THE EDITORS July 12, 2010 Issue

SONGS OF DELIVERANCE FOR A BESIEGED WORLD

In the face of "immovable Love," the voices of selfishness, anger, deception, dishonesty, hatred, malice, and related mortal beliefs fall silent.

BESIEGED MIGHT BE ONE WORD people would apply to feelings about certain crises in the world right now. Communities affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. BP. Israel, dealing with the fallout from its attack on a humanitarian flotilla from Turkey. Iran, facing another round of sanctions. North Korea. Greece and other countries affected by the debt crisis in Europe. The United States, entangled in its own financial and employment issues, among other things.

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