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Protecting the innocents by protecting innocence
Again and again, I kept hearing news items involving children on the receiving end of violence: children being shot, forced into armies, abused, drugged, made to kill others … it was one item after another over a span of about three weeks. With each bulletin, I felt more acutely the loss and damage of these precious children. Yet after going through waves of incredulity and anger, I realized that to have an uplifting effect on these situations I had to start by changing my thought—and I could do that by praying. I not only had to see the real, spiritual identities of these children as untouched, but also the identities of the perpetrators.
How can we respond to news about brutality involving children? One thought that came strong and clear was from Hymn No. 9 (Violet Hay) in the Christian Science Hymnal:
About the author
Lynn Mahoney lives in Disley, Greater Manchester, England.
December 3, 2012 issue
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Letters
Nanci Kendall, Louis Denes, Luke Hatfield, Gary Bottje
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Goodbye to sadness
Rosalie E. Dunbar, Senior Staff Editor
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Paying tribute to those we love
Fenella Bennetts
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In times of grief, what's needed?
Linda L. Berckmann
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A singing heart
Beverly DeWindt
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Don't panic—let divine Mind get a grip on you
Michelle Nanouche
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Man is not a monster
Bethany Phillips
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Hometown healing
George Zucker
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Be steadfast
Julie Ward
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And God said...
Cate Vincent
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The lesson of the owl
Ruth Geyer
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A new design in the new year
John Sparkman
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Heaven is here
Madora Kibbe
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Sent to the harvest
Michael Morgan
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Protecting the innocents by protecting innocence
Lynn Mahoney
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Kept safe
Christa Kreutz
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Prayer provides the means
Louis Muamba Mulumba
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One in five Americans say they have no religious affiliation
Kimberly Winston
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A new 'Christian abolitionist' movement?
Amanda Greene
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Hypothyroidism healed
Corrine Moore-Banker
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From limping to running
Heidi Hammond
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My wrist moves freely
Datu Mulyono
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Not even death
The Editors