This World in Arms Dwight D. Eisenhower Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those...
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Another Patriotism A Teen's Take on Military Recruitment in Schools Scott Button (18) Much has changed here in the United States since 9/11. Those of us who ...
Why Do Children Suffer? Fred Epstein The question, "Why do children suffer?" has no answer, unless it's simply, "To break our hearts." Once our hearts get...
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Oct 3, 2004 4:57 am
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Lessons in Leadership from King Henry V What a battle 600 years ago can teach us today. By Lyle Schaller September 20, 2000 Christian leaders can learn much...
Abuse is abuse is abuse: reflections on Iraq and ourselves by Marie M. Fortune May, 2004 In the face of the disclosures of the torture of Iraqi prisoners by ...
"If little faults proceeding on distemper shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye, when capital crimes, chewed, swallowed and digested appear...
It Begins at Home Mother Teresa of Calcutta The world is upside down because there is so very little love in the home. We have no time for our children; we...
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Oct 4, 2004 5:31 am
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Ecumenical News International News Highlights 04 October 2004 Christian groups come to blows at site of Jesus' crucifixion Jerusalem (ENI). An age old dispute...
Note #8508 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS: 04438 October 1, 2004 'The Iraq Inferno' Princeton Seminary sponsors teach-in on the war in Iraq by Michelle Roemer...
Understanding Soldiers From Iraq Spc. Ken Comstock, 23, was riding in a Humvee near Samarra, Iraq, when it hit an explosive device. His forehead was smashed...
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Oct 5, 2004 4:59 am
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Hymn #365 A southern Baptist minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and...
The Person Who Cannot Despair Thomas Merton Despair is the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a person deliberately turns his back on all help...
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Oct 6, 2004 4:52 am
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The True Front Martin Buber On the true front each must fight against himself, and only through the decisions of this battle is he given full power for other ...
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Oct 7, 2004 4:52 am
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Oct 8, 2004 1:40 am
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Each Act Jigme Lingpa When the eagle soars in the endless blue, its shadow races after, far below. Yet space does not divide; bird and shadow are linked. So...
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Oct 8, 2004 5:00 am
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Freedom and Security Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn After the Western ideal of unlimited freedom, after the Marxist concept of freedom as ac- ceptance of the yoke of...
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Oct 9, 2004 7:05 am
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Wards of the Angels Johann Christoph Blumhardt It does not matter whom you have at heart, or whom you bring before God in prayer— brother or sister, friend...
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Oct 10, 2004 11:13 am
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Growth Jane Tyson Clement At what instant does the summer change? What subtle chemistry of air and sunlight on the clean and windsmooth sand? The small birds...
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Oct 11, 2004 7:27 am
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Bridging the Gap Vaclav Havel There is such an enormous gap between our words and deeds! Everyone talks about freedom, democracy, justice, human rights, and...
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Oct 12, 2004 4:58 am
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How We Are Paid John Muir Not in God’s wilds will you ever hear the sad moan, “All is vanity.” No, we are paid a thousand times for all our toil, and...
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Oct 13, 2004 5:13 am
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Success vs. Fruitfulness Henri J. M. Nouwen We have been called to be fruitful--not success- ful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from...
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Oct 14, 2004 5:11 am
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Benefits and Costs of the U.S. Government's War Making October 7, 2004 Robert Higgs In 1795, James Madison observed that "of all the enemies to public liberty,...
NCC's Edgar Blasts U.S. News & World Report For 'Smear' of Protestant Churches' Activism NEW YORK, October 14, 2004 -- Calling it a case of "journalistic ...
A Way out of the Slough Guiseppe Mazzini What we need, what the people need, what the age is crying for, is a way out of the slough of selfishness, doubt, and...
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Oct 15, 2004 5:06 am
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Dear Operation Truth Supporter, A few days ago, Robert Acosta wrote to you with a truly moving story of his heroic patriotism, and you responded. In just two...
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Oct 15, 2004 9:31 pm
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Long for the Longing Meister Eckhart The soul must long for God in order to be set aflame by God's love; but if the soul cannot yet feel this longing, then it...
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Oct 16, 2004 5:27 am
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RELIGIOUS RHETORIC IS EXAMINED IN A BOOK ON "POLITICAL FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE WHITE HOUSE" We've received a note that begins: "I want to be sure you know about ...
Harsh but True Hermann Hesse We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots, and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering, and shame....
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Oct 17, 2004 5:01 am
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High Treason Tertullian We wage a battle when we are challenged to face the tribunals of law. There, in peril of life, we give testimony for the truth. Guards...
