The hands of the old and the young
…has known both peace and war in the most literal ways. It’s because of the war, especially in his early experience, that he has spent much of the rest of…
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By losing fun, we risk much more
…his new bike. Or think of a girl on her scooter, hair blowing in the breeze, at peace with the world knowing that it’s been given just to her. That’s…
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Doctors Without Borders MD speaks on ethics
…too many places to list here. While president of Doctors Without Borders International, he also accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the organization that now works in…
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Light of Christmas still shines even when you’re alone
…to the thirsty. A home to the homeless. We’re not always peacemakers. Not always great image bearers. Not Jesus’ best ambassadors. American politics, which can dominate the news, seems like…
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2013
…and hell itself threatens, I’m at peace with myself and the world. I am, for lack of better words, happy. Of course, we’re not happy. Not really. This is the…
Some take from Congo, others give
…diamonds last forever. Sorry, only divine love lasts that long. And peace can only be found when we take our own road less travelled, as Philip and Nancy Wood have….
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2020
…if women ruled the world. Or at least America. Consider the planet and all of its shades. Would it be a kinder, gentler place? One with more peace? A world…
Open hands. Open hearts. It’s Christmas.
Today’s post is a wish for a blessed Christmas for you and yours, a wish for peace and joy and all the things that (thank you, Paul) are to…
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2018
…can’t wait (and other thoughts on peace) December 8, 2018 Once I stopped riding my bike to work because I feared I’d be shot dead. It was an old blue…
We need water like we need air
…and sanitation, and, sure, drinking, we need water. We thirst for it even as we thirst for peace. One day, 30-some years ago, I met a man, an accomplished chemist…
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