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Defeating the Darkness of Depression
In an issue of CT magazine author Lily Burana writes how her depression brought her to the brink of suicide until God rescued her.
Lily had always been ...
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The World’s a Mess; Spend Money NOW!
Many adults under 35 have stopped playing it safe with money. Instead of banking as much of their pay as they used to, they’re saving less, spending ...
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Alarming Rise in Number of Children Attempting Suicide
The number of suicide attempts via poisoning are rising dramatically in children between the ages of six to nineteen according to a new report. Between ...
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‘Life or Death' Mental Health Crisis Among Teens
The New York Times ran a lengthy and sobering report on the mental health crisis among US teens. The article’s subtitle declared, “Depression, ...
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Colin Powell Couldn’t Fix Cancer or Death
Colin Powell, the great American military leader, was also a life-long fixer. According to an obituary in the New York Times:
Until his final days, Colin ...
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For Many, the World Lacks any Discernible Truth
The popular Pursuit of Wonder YouTube channel (almost two million subscribers) gives an excellent concise insight on Existentialism. One segment is noteworthy: ...
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Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in ERs Every Night
Last spring, a 15-year-old girl was rushed by her parents to the emergency department at Boston Children’s Hospital. She had marks on both wrists ...
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Strong Link Between Church Attendance and Health
Dr. Tyler J. Vanderweele, an epidemiology professor at Harvard, spent a decade researching how regular church attendance impacted health care workers. ...
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Man Buried with 'Tools for His Escape'
When someone requests a grave with a view, it’s usually a plot overlooking a valley or an ocean—not an actual window down to the casket underground. ...
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MIT Professor on Our Yearning for Immortality
American physicist and author Alan Lightman is a professor at MIT. He contemplates the day of his daughter’s wedding:
It was a perfect picture of ...
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