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Getting to the goal
When I was a youngster, I faithfully made a list of goals each January, locked it in a little box like a state secret, and quickly forgot it. One recurring goal was to learn to do the splits, which I perpetually failed both to work at and achieve. I’ve given up those lists, but it still feels important to think about goals regularly, and especially what actually gets us to them.
The point of a goal is to accomplish things that might not happen without specific intent and effort. As spiritual things become more real and important in a person’s life, goals become more spiritual. It also becomes more obvious that we need to understand and intentionally overcome what hinders our progress, as well as learn what helps us toward our goals.

January 2, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Gwen Cannon
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The courage to keep on
Curtis Wahlberg
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Waking to ‘God’s day’
Jeff Rice
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The forgiveness that makes new
Lois Degler
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Can one prayer help end a war?
Judith Hardy Olson
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My fresh awakening to timeless spiritual truth
Colin Campbell
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‘Cold is for ice cream’
Sahil
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Healed of painful foot injury
Dawn-Marie Cornett
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Prompt recovery from a fall
Miranda Ash
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Severe weakness healed
Cheryl Richardson
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Quickly healed of stiffness
Charlene Anne Miller
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'And a man shall be ...'
Photograph by Farok J. Contractor
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Getting to the goal
Margaret Rogers