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Anger effaced, toe healed
One night about a year and a half ago, a fellow across the street decided to practice his trumpet-playing in the lovely night air of his front porch. Only problem was, he wasn’t very good, it was around midnight and midweek, and my wife and I were trying to sleep.
After about five minutes of this, I went out on the porch in my pajamas and had some words with him. I wasn’t in the best of moods and no doubt wasn’t as Christian as I would have liked to have been. This happened twice, and as I was coming in the second time, our cat sneaked out the front door.
We don’t usually let her go outside, so I dashed off after her in a pretty foul mood, down the porch steps, along the sidewalk and into the driveway. I believe I caught her by the tail and hauled her back in the house. But in the process, I skinned the front of one of my big toes pretty badly. At my request, my wife, a Christian Science nurse, lovingly got up and cleaned it off and bandaged it. I went into the living room to pray. By then it was throbbing in pain. I have to say it hurt like heck!
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May 21, 2012 issue
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Letters
Doris Brown, Mary Bothwell, Karen T. Hasek
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Meek can be mighty
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Humility: Pausing for the Divine
Janet Clements
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When the spotlight shines on someone else
Allison Knight
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Humility–fertile ground for healing and harmony
Benoît Fauchon
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To secure religious freedom
By Rosalie E. Dunbar, Senior Staff Editor
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Listen up!
Ken Girard
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Face to face with Love
Nancy Humphrey Case
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'God-given' talents
Nate Frederick
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Garden prayers
Janell Fiarman
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Looking for a perfect focus
Daniel Leuschner
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Are you really a bank robber?
Walter Rodgers
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The way to God
Nathan
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Be willing to change
Michele Newport
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A kilim and prayer for Iran
David Lepska
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Don't be tricked by distractions
Christa Kreutz
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A healing presence at a marathon
Roy Gessford
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UNC students combine soccer, religion
Adam Thompson
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What's in a name?
Al Gemrich
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Allergy symptoms healed
Jane Vaughan with contributions from Naomi Vaughan Winfrey
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Anger effaced, toe healed
John Kohler
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Growth healed
Hank Teller
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Calm Jettie
Madelyn Sue Crain
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'Being good' or being good?
The Editors