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Remove the fear factor on the Gulf Coast
More than a year after the Gulf Coast oil spill, important questions remain unanswered. Will the huge underwater plumes of oil on the ocean floor affect the fisheries? How can the waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River and Louisiana’s coastal wetlands be restored to health? How will the financial liabilities be resolved? The oil spill was an accident that some still fear is irreversible. Perhaps the greatest fear is that it could happen again.
When bad things happen, many turn to prayer hoping that things will get better, but prayer that rests on an understanding of God as infinite good can do more than that. Jesus expected his prayers to have results. He expected people to be healed and lives to be restored, and he assured his followers that they too could do these works.
With that in mind, our prayers can specifically address some of the challenges people are still facing along the Gulf Coast. Lingering fear, anger, and frustration over losses would argue that it’s possible to be separated from God’s love and care. Staying on this level of thought can keep people from moving forward. Our conviction that no one can be separated from God’s love helps to lift thought above these conditions and open people up to hope.
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September 5, 2011 issue
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Letters
Fred Khyadi, Oliver Hirsh, Margee Lyon, Amy Nichols
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A decade of healing progress
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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US diplomacy ramps up focus on religion
Lauren Markoe
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American Bible Society celebrates the KJV
Alex Kocman
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Poll confirms Muslim Americans’ positive view of US
Henry J. Reske
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Be a part of this new day
By John Tyler
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A New Yorker’s prayers: Then and now
By Felice Meyer
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Holding guard and healing post 9/11
By Rosalie E. Dunbar, Senior Editor
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Soul of a dancer
By Jeremy Ruth Howes
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Peace is a power
By Jess Faunt
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Angels by our children’s side
By Lindsey Taylor
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Sunday School students learn from each other
By Katharine Bullock
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For the love of sports
By Carrie Corrigan
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A walk down ‘Harmony Lane’
By Shelly Richardson
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Writers who bring ‘delight to heaven’
Kim Shippey, Senior Editor
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Remove the fear factor on the Gulf Coast
Patricia Hardee
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Get a grasp on spiritual substance
Kathleen Collins
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Vision condition healed
John Moorhead
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Pain in abdomen healed
Suzanne Williams Reed
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A quick healing
Jack Train
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To heal a wounded world
The Editors