Word: prays
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...world of violence, deceit and coercive evil-to experience which, most regrettably, you have not had to wait to go outside-wishing in my turn to be helpful I would first pray for you clarity of vision. Then in a period as troubled and uncertain as any in our history, echoing my predecessors' words. I would say something quite similar to what has been said here so many times in the past, urging you not, from a feeling of helplessness, either to surrender to rage or to succumb to self-pity, but rather to go forth and be strong. Beyond...
...scented wood. The Hausa wives of northern Nigeria still amass huge fortunes in the form of thousands upon thousands of Japanese-made enamel bowls, which they cram into their huts, causing at least one Hausa husband to complain bitterly: "I don't even have enough room to pray...
Major seed producers say that there will be sufficient resistant seed supplies for next year's crop. For this year, all that farmers can do is pray for a spell of cool drought in the corn belt. If the weather changes, says Dr. George W. Irving, head of the Agricultural Research Service, "the impact of the disease on the total crop could be slight." The next two weeks will be the crucial time...
...preaching the kingdom of heaven among the dispossessed of the earth. Their credentials are ancient, for they claim to be emulating Christ and his Disciples. They often build their lives on the Book of Acts, living in common like the early Christians. They abjure drugs, proscribe sex outside marriage, pray and preach incessantly among drifters, addicts and homosexuals and even, occasionally, in conventional churches and schools. They evoke images of St. Francis of Assisi and his ragged band of followers, or of the early Salvation Army, breaking away from the staid life of congregations to find their fellow...
...coach track after a year or two of graduate study. She says that she would like to impart the "religious feeling" of running. "I have reached the point," she says, "where if I lose a race, I figure God doesn't want me to win. So I pray to him, saying 'God, whatever I've done, please forgive me.' If I should win, well, I guess he wanted me to win." Considering her record, somebody up there obviously likes Chi Cheng...