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Desert Father on Self-examination
They who are conscious of their own sins have no eyes for the sins of their neighbors.
—Abbot Moses (10th century)
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Johnny Cash's Wife Confronts His Drug Abuse
Singer Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, died May 15, 2003. As a follower of Jesus, she displayed many Christlike qualities. In particular, she ...
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Be Patient with Me, I'm Happening
George Sanchez writes in Discipleship Journal:
I was visiting my daughter's home when my grandson grabbed my hand to take me to see something. My daughter ...
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Sow Kindness, You'll Need It
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak ...
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Loving Example Brings Conversion
I once invited a friend, Gavin, to help my pastor and me guide 30 lively teens through an all-night "lock-in" at church. Early in the evening ...
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Love for Enemies
In the nineteenth century, missionaries went to give the gospel to African cannibals. Some missionaries were eaten. When Bishop Hamington was devoured ...
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Kindness Returned with Kindness
Lewis and Clark's famous expedition to the Pacific Northwest in 1804 almost came to an untimely and deadly end. Half starved and almost frozen, the ...
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Breaking Spiral of Hate
My brother and I were driving one evening to Chattanooga, Tennessee, from Atlanta. He was driving the car. And for some reason the drivers were very discourteous ...
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When Forgiveness Isn't So Easy
Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive, as we had during the war. And then, to mention the subject at all is ...
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Forgiveness from a Flower
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that
the flower leaves on the heel of the
one who crushed it."
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