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Persevering after Loss
In his book Alive, Rick Christian recounts a low point in Thomas Carlyle's life. The noted historian had just spent two years writing a book on the ...
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McCain Suffers as POW
MSNBC.com reports on John McCain’s recent return to where he was imprisoned as a POW in Vietnam:
During his captivity, McCain twice tried to hang ...
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Hopeless Death of Carl Sagan
Jerry Adler writes in Newsweek:
[Carl] Sagan was fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, with the wonders of science manifest all around them, ...
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Death Is the Only Certainty
Joseph Bayly, delightful personal friend now in heaven, was flying from Chicago to the city of Los Angeles. He engaged the woman sitting next to him in ...
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Healing Requires Openness
Self-devastated people are often initially quiet; it hurts too much to air the sordid details. But healing cannot come without it.
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The Despair of William Cowper
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Despite recurring mental illness, he wrote hymns on God's providence.
William Cowper's poetic achievements are remarkable ...
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Eeyores in the Congregation
Many of us think fondly of that dismal, old grey donkey Eeyore in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's books by A.A. Milne. While lovable and secretly goodhearted, ...
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Pessimists and Idealists
Every age suffers its pessimists; every age needs its idealists.
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The Company of the Discouraged
The company of the discouraged is a very noble company. Not too long ago, the Hayden Planetarium in New York City issued an invitation to all those who ...
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A Pessimistic Compliment
Donn Moomaw is sort of a larger-than-life person, so he has a lot of larger-than-life stories that are really funny. This is true. When he was preaching ...
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