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Touching the infinite

These lines translated from Part Two of Goethe's Faust conclude the "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler.
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A time for steadfastness

Former US Senator George Mitchell is architect of the Mitchell plan for attaining peace in the Middle East.
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Authority over disease

I Recently revisited a landmark of the holistic health revolution—Norman Cousins's book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient.
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Is it OK to be happy?

IN this spiritual journey millions of us are on, I've recently heard people wonder out loud if it's OK to be happy even in these tumultuous times.
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Walking through the fear

About 25 years ago, I was coming home from a long workday, late at night.
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God is so near

A number of years ago I was sitting in my dorm room in Great Britain.
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Anyone for tennis?

"Wimbledon is Wimbledon.
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The marketing of fear

WHEN a magazine ad promotes a gasmask or handgun, the strands of fear woven through the copy hardly come as a surprise.
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Boys will be... men

Boys will be boys.
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Sailing with Paul

We're all familiar with cartoon pictures of a shipwrecked mariner casting a bottle into the ocean with his plea for help.

It's a goal!

My 19-month-old grandson, Michael, has the reddest hair in Africa and the straightest kick I've ever seen.
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Compassion and justice

Can our collective sorrow and the spiritual power of compassion join with civic justice to wipe out the sexual abuse of children?