Prayer
Healing and Transformation
By Beth Brown When we first walked into the Men's Rehab centre in Tijuana, I had no idea what to expect. As the men trickled in to the small sanctuary, I noticed one man who was wearing a maroon Harvard sweatshirt, but I had no idea that meeting him would change my life. Once all of the men had gathered, we watched as they engaged in worship....
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He Meets You Where You Are By Elena Francescini I wondered about this woman who looked so...
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Beginning Again Have you ever wanted to start life over again? I did....
There’s been a lot of people finding inspiration from books this past year. In the wake of Julie and Julia there’s one woman making over a dress a day on a $1 budget, and another who’s committed to wearing one dress every day for a year. Not surprisingly, Elizabeth Gilbert’s best seller, and now major motion picture Eat, Pray, Love...
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CNN ran an interview this morning that caught my attention. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Christopher Hitchens the author of God Is Not Great. Hitchens is quite famous for his views against the existence of God. He is also currently battling a very lethal form of cancer. Cooper wondered if the disease had changed his beliefs at all. Hitchens...
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As the oil continued to gush from the broken oil well into the Gulf of Mexico, lawmakers in Louisiana decided to try a different approach. To that point, all attempts by British Petroleum to stop the leak had failed. So they decided to inact a day of prayer. "Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail," state...
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It might surprise you to learn that the tradition of fasting has very little to do with food. In many religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism fasting is a spiritual discipline. Abstaining from all food, or certain foods, is more about spiritual focus than diet. In his article, “Fasting: Is it Healthy?” Darren...
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“Fill ‘er up.” “Yes, sir.” As a high school student, my first job was a mystifying experience. I was officially a gas emissions technician, but you would recognize me as the guy walking up to your car to fill your gas tank. If you were really nice, I might have even washed your windows. “Hey, can you check the fluids?” What...
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I am a New York City Police Officer. On July 12, 1986, I was on patrol in Central Park and stopped to question three teenagers. While I was questioning them, the oldest, a fifteen-year-old, took out a gun and shot me in the head and neck. Thanks to the quick action of my fellow police officers, I was rushed to a hospital. A few days later, once...
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