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Daily bread

The words “bread,” “fight,” and “war” have the same root in Hebrew. How is bread related to war?

Trees with Spanish moss hanging over a path

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Kumbaya

In a world suffering from the evil of war, a fervent prayer sung by African Americans a century ago is always welcome.

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Seek peace, and pursue it

The church still perseveres in its witness to the power of nonviolence in a world riven by war.

Colorful kite against blue sky with wispy clouds

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For the love of God

Sometimes the size of the world’s needs makes prayer perplexing. What is the answer?

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Light

The Canada geese winging their way south were unusually impressive. Their bodies glowed in the setting sun. Why had they never looked that way before?

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Outside the box

There’s a lot of sorting and evaluating
going on, trying to figure out what to
keep and what to let go

Beautiful colors in the clouds beyond a lighthouse on a hill

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Our global home

We cannot ignore the warnings about the potential demise of the place we live.

Two glass doors connected by a stone wall

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Return

If returning is a long process rather than a date on the calendar, what does that mean?

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From generation to generation

A place to belong is a true treasure.

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Coming and going

Who knew how much we would come to value all the ordinary things in our quotidian lives?