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Prayers for peace

with contributions from Dorothy E. Wolf, Shelley Nickerson, Dick Blokker, Adelia A. Sebald, Ellen Freeman, Myra Brown

Selected responses to the Sentinel's request for prayers for the world.
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No trouble shall touch them

By Joni Overton-Jung

A writer responds to concerns about the threat of SARS in her family and her community.

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Shared reflections

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Praying from a higher vantage point

By Bob Miller

Rather than choose up sides, anyone can pray the kind of enlightened prayer that asks only for God's resolution of events.

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No enemies in the kingdom

By Takashi Oka

How a young man with a wavering faith found himself able to pray successfully for his family's well-being in the dark days of world war.
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'. . . think on these things'

By Channing Walker

More than just shaping one's personal outlook, the quality of our thoughts and thought patterns has a direct impact on everyone's health and harmony.
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Lessons from Elizabeth

By Nate Talbot

The abduction of Elizabeth Smart in Salt Lake City had a happy ending. But it also points out the need for specific prayer for the freedom of all young people, mental as well as physical.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Prayers for peace

with contributions from Karen Terrell, Alberto Nkula, Robert D. Wright, Jan Linthorst

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ~Matthew 5:9

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To soldiers I've never met

By Danis Mutchler

A couple of days before the fighting began, I heard a young soldier on the radio.
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City on a hill—a torch lighting the darkness

By Marilyn Jones Senior Writer

A community in Israel that brings together Christians, Muslims, and Jews is proving that, in the words of one supporter, "There are a lot of good people everywhere, on every side."
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My prayer on the road to Alexandria

By Susan E. Omar

Two women who are from different cultures and who speak different languages find a close bond in their worship of the one God.
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Learning to love Grubs

By Karim Ajania

The inspiration of prayer is practical. It can even lead to healing and reconciling situations that happened long ago.
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A wartime chaplain finds cause for comfort

By Karl S. Sandberg, Jr.

Why does a soldier have to die? Why is there even a war? Hard questions. And ones a chaplain can't evade. Through prayer, this author has found some answers.