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The certainty that eliminates uncertainty
In the first semester of my senior year in college, a massive terrorist attack took place on United States soil, taking thousands of lives, and suddenly everything changed.
All that had seemed certain to many of us on campus now felt terribly uncertain. The stock market tanked. Friends who’d been looking for jobs, especially in New York City, the site of one part of the attack, had to look elsewhere. But it wasn’t just that. Life as we knew it seemed to have been turned upside down. Everyone was operating with more suspicion, more fear. Around campus, people talked anxiously about what might happen next—none of it good.
Where can we turn in moments like these when upheaval and instability seem like the new normal? Is there any certainty to be found in uncertain times?
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July 14, 2025 issue
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The certainty that eliminates uncertainty
Jenny Sawyer
Keeping Watch
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Your reason for existing
Madora Kibbe
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Fiction or reality?
John Biggs
Image and Inspiration
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Badbury Rings, Wimborne, Dorset, England
Photograph by Sophie Ungerleider
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How can I stop being so critical?
Deborah Huebsch
How I found Christian Science
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The day my life changed forever
Tamie Kanata
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Finding Love after a breakup
Emma Grewal
Healings
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Full recovery from hearing loss
Rachel Bemis
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No more tonsillitis
Gustavo Briñez Quimbayo
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Able to pay for college
David Watson
Bible Lens
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Life
July 14–20, 2025
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Letters & Conversations
Laura Wiley, L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, Judy Woodson