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The spiritual vs. the sensual

CHUCK HOWES, MANAGING PUBLISHER

The words centrifugal and centripetal spring to mind in thinking about this week's topic of sensuality.
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A safe path

MAIKE BYRD, CHILDREN'S EDITOR

My girlfriend's husband, Bert, lost his job in the computer field four years ago.
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Praises to God

SUZANNE SMEDLEY, STAFF EDITOR

What can we do, as individual citizens and nations, to stand up to terror and speed its certain demise?
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Don't fall for the ads

MARILYN JONES, SENIOR WRITER

Back in college, my friend, who was studying to become a medical nurse, called me with a complaint.
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Anger? Or spiritual awareness?

KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER

Anger has long been with us.
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The right choice for me

PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR

A December Saturday.
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Time out for prayer

SUZANNE SMEDLEY, STAFF EDITOR

One resolution I make every New Year is to take more time to pray for myself each day.
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Rafting Peace River

WARREN BOLON, SENIOR WRITER

In Peace Like A River, the 2001 first novel by Lief Enger, the young protagonist's father, Jeremiah Land, is easily the book's most fascinating character.
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So ... what's happened?

MARILYN JONES, SENIOR WRITER

One of my favorite movies, a French film called The Return of Martin Guerre, starring Gérard Depardieu, hit American theaters in 1982.
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Turn loneliness into delight

PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR

God, who is Love itself, already fills all space—and each and every yearning heart.
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'O blessings infinite!'

KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER

A recent New Yorker cartoon showed two men in what looks like a repair shop discussing how they'd repair the world's woes.
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Welcome, Christmas

STEVE GRAHAM, MANAGING EDITOR

Joy to the world! It's a message that has rung out through countless years.