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A lesson from Denali
Darci and her husband, Josh, admire Denali.
Not too long ago my husband and I were visiting Denali National Park in Alaska. As a photographer, I love taking in spiritual lessons with the wilderness as my palette. On this trip, I learned how persistence and patience can be essential to our growth.
On our first day of hiking it was a bit foggy, and all we could see were a few mountains near us. They were pretty big and quite beautiful. The next day it rained so hard we had to hunker down in our tent for over 24 hours. At one point I thought to myself: “What are we doing out here? This is hardly what anyone would call fun!” But we waited out the storm, and it wasn’t long before the sun peeked out here and there, brightening our spirits. We then struck camp and hiked deeper into the park to get a better view of the whole Alaska Range. As we traveled along, we could see some impressive mountains with a soft blanket of snow freshly dusting the peaks.
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May 14, 2012 issue
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Letters
Alistair Budd, Joe Smuin, Doug F. Brown, Sandy Trevor-Roberts
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No room for envy
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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More than enough
Robin Hoagland
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I'm included
Amy Richmond
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Listen!
Joyce Eklund
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Where's Waldo?
Mark Slettehaugh
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A lesson from Denali
Darci Niles
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An economics lesson from Elisha
James S. Rosebush
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Daniel in the pepper's den
Elly Uehling
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'Rise up and walk'
Penelope DuCharme Darling
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Spiritual subtexts in writing fiction
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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On the road again
Emily Mattson
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Truth detector
Samantha Frank
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The pecan tree
Hank Richter
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The power of the testimony
Kim Crooks Korinek
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Prayer for racial justice in Australia
Beverley Beddoes-Mills
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'Tone up' your spiritual identity
Brian Hall
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Board work––a healing service
Inge Schmidt
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Committed to Christian hope
Shirley T. Paulson
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Daughter's eye healed
Dana Castle with contributions from Madison Castle
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Freed from chronic knee and hip trouble
Judy McCormick
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Real health-care breakthroughs
The Editors