Life On Purpose
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My hope for life: One woman’s personal story of pregnancy and motherhood
Column by Eileen Benthal: The debates over abortion are not about whether we are pregnant with human life. The debate is about when we decide this human life is a person with rights protected under the law and whose rights — the mother’s right to choose or the child’s right to life — takes precedence.
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Learning to ‘bee patient’— an important life lesson
Beekeeping teaches the value of being patient.
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Freedom comes with responsibilities
The Lord promises the Spirit brings freedom and heaven answers our prayers with a question, “Why are you standing there looking at the sky?” Who is freedom for if not for the living?
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The soothing — yes, soothing — sound of my rooster’s morning call
There are lessons to be learned in the garden and even in the backyard chicken coop. While some may not appreciate being awakened by a crowing rooster at dawn, we all can relate to the struggle of finding our own voice and speaking up for another’s good will.
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It’s a beautiful life
It is possible to find contentment in life in any circumstances — happy or sad, easy or hard; isolated or surrounded by family and friends. The secret is finding contentment within us rather than around us.
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The egg: a symbol of life and redemption for Christians and Jews in this holy season
Living one’s life focused on a cure for disease can actually take away from living the life we are trying so desperately to prolong.
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Spring advice: Take your time and bloom
As we all scramble to make up for time lost to the pandemic, give yourself permission to slow down and take care of yourself.
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Awareness for the natural part of the human experience we label ‘disability’
There are two weeks left to National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, but we all have a lifetime to get to know people with disabilities.
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Praying and fasting for peace
Pope Francis’ call to fast and pray rang like a clarion in the midst of the clamoring sounds of war.
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How does one measure hope?
How can we measure something that extends beyond the realms of this world?