Letters January 14, 2013 ISSUE

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Barbara Chapline Waldner, JSH-Online comments

Timely issue

The December 31, 2012, Sentinel arrived in the mail yesterday. As I began to read it last night, I felt it had been designed with me in mind. When I arrived at From the editors—“Defending children” I realized the issue was God’s response (“before they call, I will answer” [Isaiah 65:24 ]) to the news all day yesterday of the shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The article, “The high goal: obliterating death” [Abraham McLaughlin]; the article “Innocence rules in school” [Fay Coulouris]; the compassion and counseling of Christopher Cieply [“The protection of ‘amazing’ grace”]; and the Sentinel Watch “Addressing tragedies and ‘sudden endings’ ” [Kim C. Korinek].

I related to this issue more than to any other one I can remember in the past.

Barbara Chapline Waldner
De Beque, Colorado, US 

So relevant

[“Addressing tragedies and ‘sudden endings,’ ” Kim C. Korinek, December 31, 2012, Sentinel]

Very relevant and so truthful. Thanks for expressing this on the record at this time. It reminds us of our “panoply of Love” [see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 571 ], which we are privileged to put on and help our fellow man to comfort and guide. 

JHM
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Holding to what’s true 

[Eye on the World blog: “Responding to the Connecticut shootings,” Sentinel staff, December 15, 2012] 

Thank you for this article. Like so many, I hold to what I know, that God is right there beside each one who is touched by this event, reminding each that we are never separated from God’s love. 

Nancy, North Texas
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A needed message 

[“Prayer for the heart that rejects God,” Mark Swinney, October 1, 2012, Sentinel]

Wonderful article, and this message is so needed right now. As the topic of conversation for many is how lack of guns would prevent actions of violence that we seem to see with [more] frequency, I have been realizing that whatever happens with gun laws, the way to ending this behavior is to help each member of our community find divine Love. Your article gives strong support to the fact that those feelings of hate and fear that escalate to violence can be healed. What a great job for us as members of the world-family to prayerfully (and humanly when guided) help each of us understand that “love is a choice, a choice that must be made every day.” As your article makes clear, we have a wonderful example of the outcome of this change of heart in Saul/Paul. I will be rereading and sharing this article often. Thanks so much!

kelkmac
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