Letters September 30, 2013 ISSUE

Letters

Midwest, Jack Tatar, Judi, Judy Gilbert

God’s family

[“A family tree rooted in God,” Michele Newport, August 26, 2013, Sentinel]

Thank you, Michele. I was just praying the other day to overcome a longtime tendency to criticize. And thinking, Yes, but I grew up with criticism. And immediately came the angel thought, That’s just an excuse. You decide whether you are going to criticize or support everyone you meet. In that sense, I can decide to recognize everyone rooted in God’s family tree.

Midwest
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First the editorial

Every week I look forward to receiving my Sentinel. The first thing I read is “From the Editors.” Each entry is a concise and timely sermon that not only puts all that is happening around me in perspective, but also prepares my thinking so that I can absorb the insights that each issue provides me. I’m regularly impressed by each week’s entry and recommend that you collect them in a special section on JSH-Online that’s easily accessible. Thanks for what I consider my weekly sermon.

Jack Tatar
Pennington, New Jersey, US

Editor’s note

You’ll be happy to know that you can find all the previous editorials (going back to the first issues) arranged by most recent date on JSH-Online.com. Go to the home page; click on the tab for the Sentinel or Journal, just under the logo at the top of the page; then click on the tab “Editorials.” And enjoy! 

All good

[“A seamless connection,” Linda Vara, August 26, 2013, JSH-Online Sentinel]

This is so helpful and inspiring. No blame, no self-condemnation, no slipping out of God’s complete control. It’s all good!!!

Judi
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Fresh and helpful ideas

Wonderful fresh and very helpful ideas were included in Paul Dixon’s piece in the August 12 Sentinel, “Purifying our image of womanhood.” His firsthand knowledge of the treatment of women in Afghanistan, and the challenge of knowing how to pray about what he sees, was very enlightening. These ideas are so applicable to the inhumane treatment of people anywhere. There are so many situations that need similar prayers—those caught within prison camps in North Korea, sweatshop workers throughout the Third World, hundreds of thousands living in refugee camps, and the list goes on. I found especially helpful Paul’s use of the hymns in praying. I love the idea of claiming for anyone who seems to live in “hopeless conditions” that “the joy that none can take away / Is [theirs]; [they] walk with Love today” (Minny M. H. Ayers, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 139). This article is a “keeper.”

Judy Gilbert
Upland, California, US

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