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Feeling annoyed?
Originally appeared online in the teen column: UpFront - October 14, 2016
“She’s annoying me right now,” my friend said, making a face at her phone as she hung up. The name that flashed briefly on the screen before the call ended said “Mom.”
Moms, dads, siblings, even friends—they can all get to us sometimes. One moment, everything’s going along fine, and the next, we feel that familiar wave of annoyance washing over us. Sometimes, it even becomes a constant, like for Courtlyn, who writes about how she prayed about a fraught relationship with her mom and a physical healing that followed (see Courtlyn Reekstin, “From anger and annoyance, to love,” August 20, 2014, Sentinel).
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January 9, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Terra Preston Ayres, Hannah Fish, Nelson Scott Chihumba
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The mental soundness that God gives
Kaye Cover
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Blooming in God’s time
Marilyn Wickstrom
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My spiritual status
Savanna Sprague
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The value of childlikeness
Ann Kenrick
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Sudden joy and a new life discovered
Victoria Butler
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Feeling annoyed?
Jenny Sawyer
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Healed after a fall
Inez Ammann
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A healing from a psalm
Don Krieger
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Broken bones healed
Phyllis Schulze Valentine
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'The fullness of His glory ...'
Photograph by James Scott
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Ending modern wars driven by ancient wrongs
The Monitor's Editorial Board
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To move beyond past wrongs
David C. Kennedy
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The joy set before us
Kim Crooks Korinek