Upfront

From the Editors

Liberty for all

Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor

We thought we’d do something a little different for our cover section in this issue.
Kids

Hugs from God

Maike Byrd, Children's Editor

Courtesy photo When I was in fourth grade   I went on my first trip away from home without my parents.
From the Editors

Get out of the mud

Gillian Litchfield, Copy Editor

Guilt.
From the Editors

On your marks...!

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

London is ready for the opening of the Summer Olympics on July 27—the first city to have hosted three Games.
From the Editors

There's something to it

Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor

It unites us as children of the one God.
From the Editors

A divine promise of health

Maike Byrd, Staff Editor

It’s no secret that health care is a topic of extraordinarily high public interest.
From the Editors

Meek can be mighty

Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor

I remember being really confused by the concept of humility when I was in Sunday School.
From the Editors

No room for envy

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

It’s possible to learn helpful lessons from several Bible stories about people who were consumed with envy.
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Mother's Day every day

Dorothy Estes, Editor

The month of May and motherhood go hand in hand in the United States, where Mother’s Day has been officially celebrated annually for over 100 years.
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'Written in heaven'

Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.
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Drop the stereotypes

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

Most of us have at some time asked what drives a man who is a volunteer firefighter to strap on a 50-pound tank and enter a burning building or tackle 60-foot flames on mountain slopes in Colorado.
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Let's see some ID

Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor

Your driver’s license or ID card probably lists lots of factors that are considered to be part of your identity: age, gender, hair and eye color, height, and so forth.