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Overwhelmed? Prayer can help.
Originally appeared online in the teen series: Trending - September 4, 2018
Senior year of college. It seemed like my whole academic career had been leading up to this moment, and I was feeling the pressure. I had chosen to shoulder a lot of responsibility for my final year, including being a staff member on our school’s literary magazine and a board member for our yearly public affairs conference. I also had to think about my senior thesis—a project that would take the entire year.
I wanted to do a good job on everything, but a few weeks into the school year it became apparent that I couldn’t do it all on my own. My thesis research wasn’t coming together; my coursework was quickly piling up; and I felt pressure to do all of my extracurricular work perfectly.

October 15, 2018 issue
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From the readers
Margery Olsen, Robert Brooks, Robert Rothbard, Martha Jones
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Widening the scope of our prayers
Christopher Wagstaff
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Healing and the ‘stretched out arm’ of God
Judith Hedrick
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Shred the evidence of error
Robert R. Mackusick
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A message during a rainstorm
Laurie Toupin
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The realism that heals
From the Office of Committee on Publication
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God spoke to me
Emmanuel Tekila
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Overwhelmed? Prayer can help.
Kristin Manker
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Healing of injured ribs
Brian Schumaker
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Twisted ankle healed
Renate Lohl
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Healing of a gum abscess
Sylvia Messner
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'Arise, shine; for thy light is come ...'
Photograph by David Swank
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Our role in changing the universe
Tony Lobl