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Randy Krzmarzick has taken the 5 a.m. shift for all those 20 years. He writes about his experiences in a column posted on sleepyeyeonline.(Click here to read.)It’s an interesting read, especially for someone like me, a life-long Lutheran married to a former Catholic. But no matter...
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A mother wrote to ask me for advice: “In the Catholic school in [name of town], Sister has been using this [centering prayer and use of the Jesus Prayer] in the religion classes. My ten-year-old daughter took to it right away. This was about two-and-a-half years ago. The things...
6.Advocatemagazine names TSA work “Best New Job of 2010” 7. Texas Prison Work Release Program trains convicts to work as TSA agents. “Oh, yeah, man. This is my dream job!” says inmate. 8. [this one is for your to write] ...
Often referred to by it’s first line (“God grant me the serenity”) this beautiful prayer for serenity, courage and wisdom is one of the world’s most famous prayers. Made popular by the work of Alcoholics Anonymous during the 20th Century, the Serenity Prayer is a firm favourite ...
(Incidentally, feel free to post aprayer requeston our site ourcatholicprayers.com.) Frequent prayer can be the “fuel” for the engine of perseverance. So can equanimity, that is to say, having “composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium”. Or as Merriam Webster’...
16-18 For some, faith is an effective means of stress reduction, which has itself been shown to reduce cardiac morbidity.19 Some of these benefits may derive from favorable hormonal, autonomic, and immunologic20,21 responses to the emotional reassurance that belief can provide. Nevertheless, the...
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What if we as Christians made the commitment to pray – truly pray – for these people whom we come across in our workplaces, neighborhoods and in daily newsreels? What if we as God’s people learned to pray with our eyes wide open? Upon arriving on the island – within moments of me...