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Prayer for Kenya

Kenyans are currently engaged in disentangling themselves from the disputed results of a presidential election that has plunged the country into uncertainty.
It was time to start thinking about Christmas gifts again.
Maybe inspiration isn’t the word most often associated with Christmas, but it’s the one on my mind this year.
Now I’ll be famous.
It’s Christmas time again, and the air is thick with commercialism.

A best friend in God

One summer, during the early years of my life as a college student, I went abroad to live in England for two months.

Turning back guilt

I’ve never known a veteran who committed suicide, but I’ve witnessed the suffering of some soldiers who have returned from war.
Employee pension plans evaporate.

Safe in the canyon

One bright October morning about three years ago, I was on the back of a mule, descending down a steep trail in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
When I was growing up I had a difficult time maintaining any real interest in school.
My gratitude for the transforming, healing power of Christian Science runs deep.
This morning I climbed up a knoll on the eastern edge of our property, one of three sides that adjoin the national forest.