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Accosted, but able to forgive
When I was in college, something happened on a train that was unsettling. I never thought I would write this article because I felt the healing was complete, and I didn’t want to rehash it. But I feel that maybe it’s time for me to write about my experience, hoping that the prayerful thoughts I worked with will perhaps benefit another.
During my sophomore year, I had the incredible opportunity to study abroad in Great Britain with a group of students and a professor who were all Christian Scientists. Our group travelled all over England, Scotland, and Wales, studying British literature and British history. Needless to say, this was the opportunity of a lifetime. The last few weeks of our abroad program were spent living with host families in various suburbs of London. We would travel into London to meet for class and/or to go on tours.
The night before many of our group were leaving to travel back to the United States, we had a party to celebrate our adventure and to wish each other well on our travels home. By the time the party had ended, it was rather late, and I was feeling a little down that the trip was coming to an end. The only train leaving relatively soon for the town where my host family’s house was, was not my regular train. It made all different stops on the way there, stops I was not familiar with. But I decided to board.
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July 16, 2012 issue
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Letters
Steve Ryf, Annette Kreutziger-Herr, Anna Willis, Merywynne Ruggirello
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We're not watching alone
Gillian Litchfield, Copy Editor
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A sentinel by land or by sea
Rita Polatin
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Basic training
Michael Day
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Prayer during an airport crisis
Robert Butcher
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The 'balm,' not the bomb
Michael Mooslin
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Accosted, but able to forgive
Gigi Raine
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Creature comforts
Kelly White
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A little more faith defeats fear
Annette Bridges
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Arches of hope
Merelice
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Sharing at a state university
Catherine Smith
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The amplitude of God's love
Candace Gibson
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Watching out for good
Shelly Richardson
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Our right to be free
Kathleen Collins
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Finding joy in serving church
Connie Byrd
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What can fear do to you?
Keith Wommack
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Healed from effects of a fall
Jody Glatt
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Hockey injury healed
Seth Johnson
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Instant truth
Bonnie Ulm with contributions from Sally Ann Prier
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Gems on your crown
The Editors