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When you want to do something about the ills of society
Commemorative concerts, fundraising efforts, public prayer vigils—all are comforting, helpful, even necessary steps that often take place after a horrendous natural disaster or human atrocity.
Following such events, inevitably people ask, How can we make sense out of such a devastating storm or evil act? And more troubling, How does a good God allow bad things to happen?
For me, part of the answer lies in what the prophet Elijah learned when his own life was at risk: that the Lord was not in the fierce wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire. Instead, the inspiration of “a still small voice” guided and protected Elijah (see I Kings 19).
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September 30, 2013 issue
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Letters
Midwest, Jack Tatar, Judi, Judy Gilbert
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God's children—responsive, not rebellious
Glory Holzworth
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Can we take the yoke?
Bruce J. Smith
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Blessings from reading a book
Judith Hardy Olson
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Take the plunge
Madora Kibbe
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Appearance or reality?
Mary Trammell
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'Let there be no strife'
Melanie H. Ball
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Shingles healed
Patti C. Christopher
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Dancing to the right tune
Jean Jillings-Warner
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Dad's drinking problem solved
Laura Westoby
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Eating disorder ended
Suzanne Goewert
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No more partial deafness
Russ Coles
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Single-minded prayer
The Editors