Editorials

IN THIS LIFE-JOURNEY, AS EACH STRIVES TO IMPROVE HIS/HER LIFE, HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO ASK THE QUESTION, "WHAT ARE MY MOTIVES?"

THE POWER OF GOD TRANSFORMS LIVES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE SAVIOUR WHOSE ARRIVAL WAS SO JOYFULLY ANNOUNCED BY THE ANGELS THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS.

THERE IS A NATURAL, INEVITABLE COMPANIONSHIP WITH GOD TO BE DISCOVERED AND UNDERSTOOD, WHICH DOES INCLUDE FULL EXEMPTION FROM ALL FORMS OF EVIL, INCLUDING LONELINESS.

NO OPPRESSION, DISEASE, OR THREAT CAN OVERCOME THE POWER OF GOOD, BECAUSE GOD FILLS EVERY ATOM OF SPACE IN THE UNIVERSE.

WHEN JESUS STOOD AT THE TOMB of his friend Lazarus, who had been dead for the better part of a week, the circumstances were anything but uplifting.

THERE IS NOTHING EITHER GOOD OR BAD, BUT THINKING MAKES IT SO.—SHAKESPEARE

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS PEACEFUL WHEN PEOPLE PLACE THEIR FEET FIRMLY ON THE UNASSAILABLE FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING.

WHETHER A DIRE SITUATION IS GRASSROOTS OR GLOBAL, THE OVERARCHING NEED IS TO OVERCOME THE TEMPTATION TO GIVE UP.

THROUGHOUT JESUS' LIFE, IT'S CLEAR THAT HUMILITY—NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH WEAKNESS OR FALSE SELF-DEPRECATION—CHARACTERIZED HIS CONDUCT.

OUR OWN COMMITMENT TO GOD, AND HIS LOVE FOR US, PROMOTE LOYALTY TO ONE ANOTHER—EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES.

"WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" "HOW CAN I GO ON?" "WHY DID SOME LIVE AND OTHERS DIE?"

THE TURMOIL GATHERED IN A MAJOR STORM IS NO LESS A MENTAL PHENOMENON THAN IS A DISCORDANT BODILY CONDITION OR A RELATIONSHIP IN TUMULT.