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An Encouraging Word

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29 As a college junior, I once scored a 38 percent on an important test in my major....

A Prayer for our Students and their Teachers

Lord God, Creator of all wisdom and truth, we lift up our prayers to you as summer winds down and many begin a new school year. Both our students and our teachers are coming through the most disruptive year in memory due to COVID-19. Help both groups negotiate the new...

Think Small

As I look around the world, I see many long-term problems: chronic poverty, heart-rending injustice, inadequate food and medical care, unequal access to education, governmental corruption, human greed, entrenched violence, and endless wars, to name just a few. Such...

Big Imaginations, Generous Hearts

Some of the most beloved stories in our human storybook are stories of generosity and kindness. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol depicts Ebenezer Scrooge, a classic icon of tightfisted greed who is transformed one Christmas Eve into a generous  benefactor. Leo...

The “Haunted” House

[Editor’s Note: today’s editorial is by Louise Valente of Santa Ana. Her meditation on grudge-bearing and the refusal to forgive invites us to pursue Jesus’ blessed invitation to practice peacemaking.] “For as pressing milk produces curds, and pressing the nose...