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SPIRITUAL intelligence-gathering

By Nathan Talbot

If you really want to be well-informed, start by asking God to direct your fact-finding.

TO UNDERSTAND the Muslim world ...

R. Stephen Humphreys

It's true enough that terrorism is incompatible with the teachings of Islam. And that's just one of many important facts to consider in working and praying for the peace of the world.

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A PRAYER

The Christian Science Board of Directors

This prayer was offered by The Christian Science Board of Directors in response to President Bush's declaration of a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance on September 14, 2001:

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A DAUGHTER'S THOUGHTS about another flight from Boston

By Gail Gilliland

This is for anyone who has felt the pain of goodbye as a loved one disappears down a jetway.

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A HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT prays...

By Ellie Mutchler

I FIRST heard about the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on the radio, as I was leaving for a short field trip with other students in my high-school art class.

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'Thou shalt not be afraid...'

A discussion of why prayer is more than just words.

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A MESSAGE OF LOVE from Berlin

By Michael Seek

Candles at one of the several vigils held in Berlin in response to the terrorist attack on the United States.

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MY PRAYER for my brother

By Laura Matthews

People often say that the hardest part of a crisis is not knowing about the status of a loved one. But that does not have to be a time of inactivity and helplessness.

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From her high-rise office on Fifth Avenue in Midtown, this executive had exceptional views of the unfolding tragedy. But the vantage point that really mattered to her was spiritual—a perspective someone long ago called "the secret place of the Most High."

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE WTC

By Chris Meyer

Coming up out of a south Manhattan subway on a bright Tuesday morning, Chris Meyer confronted the darkest sight of his life: a jetliner colliding with a skyscraper. It was time for an instant decision: should he flee the horror—or confront it with all the prayer he could muster?