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Willing to change course?
Our first hike in the Sierras in 2011 didn’t go as planned.
The very name of our destination, Saucer Lake, at the top of the ridge, way above where we’d been staying in a cabin at Echo Lake, had inspired the awe and anticipation of my 11-year-old grandson, my good friend, Margaret, and me. Margaret had explored these mountains every summer since she was a little girl, so we were in good company. It had been a late summer in the mountains. The hike started well enough, over giant granite boulders, through thick manzanita bushes, across noisy rivulets of snowmelt. Just two weeks before our arrival, Echo Lake still boasted ice.
As we now ascended to Saucer Lake, bits of snowfields lurked over parts of the trail. At first, we worked around them, picking up the switchback a few yards farther on. Later, we had to walk carefully across the mushy slickness. The inclines were steep, and the snowfields became broader and increasingly treacherous, with significant boulders, and sometimes cliffs, at their bases.
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October 10, 2011 issue
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Letters
Mary E. Baxter, Sancy Nason, Marisa Flores
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A blessing for all
Kim Shippey, Senior Editor
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Boston churches honor September 11 anniversary
Sentinel staff
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Spiritual preparation for pregnancy and childbirth
By Ingrid Peschke
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A dad-to-be takes his cue from Joseph
By Trevor Snorek-Yates
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Praying for my grandson
By Lynne Scheiern
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Willing to change course?
By Sandra Justad
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Living God’s mercy
Michael Shays
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When my husband was fired: how I prayed
By Janet Davis
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Dance club angels
By Erin Plum
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Divine energy at exam time
By Valérie Roy
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Stomachache healed
Laudes
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Embody Church—all day, every day
By Sandra Shrewsbury
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‘. . . expectation speeds our progress’*
Wendy Ely
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A sense of belonging that is ‘gold’
Lynley Campton
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A spiritual response to drought and famine
Nellie Gitau
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Our unity with God
By Kathy Fitzer
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Protected from injury, challenges resolved
Elena Toft
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Infection and injury healed
Alexandre Fischer
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Shoulder injury healed
Andrew Heining
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Progress in process
The Editors