From Pennsylvania: a growing lesson on forgiveness
The news reports about how the Amish are dealing with the recent attack by the gunman at their schoolhouse that killed five of their girls brought tears to my eyes - tears of a deeply felt hope for our civilization.
Love dissolves intractable hate
I felt like I couldn’t take it anymore. I just couldn’t sit back and accept all the killing and fighting and hatred and anger in Iraq that I read about day after day after day. Then in a moment of heartfelt prayer, I was struck by a clear spiritual realization. Love—with a capital L, a Biblical name for God—is right there where entrenched conflict appears to be. I knew I could (and should) keep praying and accepting the fact that Love is the real power in Iraq.