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Letting Troubles Go Proverb A kind word is like a spring day. — Russian proverb
A Prayer for Slaves O Liberator God, we are ashamed of the persistence of slavery in our world. Help us to cherish our freedom and fight for the freedom of others. Fact: There are at least 27 million slaves in 161 c…
A Prayer for Victims of Sexual Abuse November 2011. The former Defensive Coordinator for the Penn State University football team, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting 8 young boys over a 15-year period. Muc…
A Prayer of Thanks for Online Information for Those with Chronic Diseases Miracle Worker, we pray that you will continue to help those with chronic diseases to find the supplemental resources they need for coping with their illnesses. Fact: 45% of U.S. adults report t…
Prayer for the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls and All Their Sisters The evening of April 15, 2014, armed men stormed into a boarding school in northern Nigeria and herded hundreds of girls into their vehicles; 50 girls escaped but 276 are still missing. They were ta…
The Multiple Benefits of Optimism In an article in The Guardian, Luisa Dillner states that optimism is linked to health benefits and makes people more resilient. A recent paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology shares the find…
The Main Thing Slogan The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. — Stephen Covey, American educator and businessman
Renewable Hope Literary Wisdom Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning. -- Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist Teacher Wisdom Trust …
A Prayer for Our Times in the Words of Leonard Cohen On November 8, 2016, the United States presidential election results in a surprising and shocking outcome: Donald Trump won enough states to give him a likely Electoral College victory, although his…
"T" is for Transformation So you must not be frightened . . . if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloud-shadows, passes over your hands and over all you do. Y…