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Mourning has broken
September 29, 2001

Be heralds

Sadly, we, the American church, have encouraged this erosion of the general awareness of God, to which Joel Belz refers, by our silence, our abdication of the responsibility we have to be the light to our neighbors, communities, and the world. Now that the darkness looms all around us and the paucity of belief throughout the nation appalls us, it is too easy to retreat further into our own little enclaves and become critics rather than heralds of the Good News. May God forgive us for our failures and stir us to action. - Sunnie Waggoner, Salida, Colo.

Different stations?

Perhaps Joel Belz and I have been watching different channels. I have been deeply encouraged by the numerous people who have testified to a providential God who is sovereign. A local pastor here in New Mexico had the opportunity to answer spiritual questions and pray on nightly news. One CNN reporter attributed a survivor's fate to "luck," and the survivor quickly replied that it was the "hand of God" on her life, and how she felt "blessed." Larry King interviewed Lisa Beamer, whose husband David Beamer was on United Airlines Flight 93; she testified that her courage came from her faith, and that she knew where her husband was, and that she would see him again. - Lisa Shin, Los Alamos, N.M.

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