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Voices of Faith | How does your faith address selfishness?

Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddist Center:

Voices of Faith | Does God shine a light on some more than others?

Use what light we have for good // God’s light is always there

In search of perpetual gratitude

I would like to know if gratitude is a sustainable state of being. It seems that one moment I feel thankful and the next my internal dialogue is complaining about something.

Checking off Jesus’ get-to-heaven list

Until recently, I would have been among those who cringe at the thought of voluntarily entering a prison — too dangerous, too out of anyone’s comfort zone. Then something happened I did not plan on; I agreed to mentor a parolee, and while a parolee is no longer in prison, mentoring a former inmate means going into the system.

The Bible should never be used to defend racial prejudice

One of Noah’s sons, Ham, became the founder of some groups that settled in Africa, although most of his descendants settled elsewhere, including Babylonia and Assyria in the Middle East.

Don’t discard old family Bible

DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: When my grandfather died, he willed the old family Bible to me (we have a large family, and none of us got much of value). I don’t know what to do with it. It’s too big for me to read (although I know he read it every day), and the language is very old-fashioned. Why keep it? I guess I’m not a very sentimental person. — M.G.

A case for more mosques: 5-24-13

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