World Peace
Are you a good Samaritan?
If someone were to ask us if we are good Samaritans, we would probably answer, "Well, I think so. Or at least I would be one if I had the opportunity. But I never meet up with similar situations." Could an answer like that mean we are passing by "on the other side," like the priest and Levite in Jesus' parable? There are limitless opportunities every day, right at hand, to be a good Samaritan, regardless of where we are.
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‘Blind date’ for political rivals? TV show is breaking down barriers.
When Gary Crawford confided to Shelley Carroll on TV that he has a daughter with a disability, the mother who raised a daughter diagnosed with autism replied instinctively, “Oh, Gary” – conveying an empathy so obvious in just two words.
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Planting seeds of love and reformation
It can seem all too easy to return hate with hate in our views of those we feel are fostering hatred. But the world needs the opposite from us. When we mentally yield to the presence of God, Love, this chips away at hatred’s appearance of solidity.
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Neutralizing racism with Truth
When my family and I were in the airport, heading home from a Christmas vacation, my husband and I were directed to different security lines due to his frequent flyer status. He and our son were routed through the express security line, while our third-grade daughter and I stayed in the regular line.
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Taking down the real enemy
A story in The Christian Science Monitor earlier this year describes how Estonian officials responded to a sudden, violent pro-Russia protest in 2007—the first of its kind since the country’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 (see “Cybersecurity 2020: What Estonia knows about thwarting Russians,” February 4, 2020). Though at first it appeared to be “a spontaneous outburst by local youths,” the outbreak of rioting was followed by a series of damaging cyberattacks evidently orchestrated by Russians.
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