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An Open Letter to Terri 04/06/05 Dearest Terri, How can it be? How can I have loved you so much without ever having met you? How can my country have abandoned you and starved you to death? How can it be? I first heard of you on Catholic radio in 2003. Johnette Benkovic and Fr. Edmund Sylvia let us listeners know that a disabled woman might be killed merely because she couldn’t speak for herself. I began praying for you then, but suddenly the wheels of injustice had begun to crush you. Your starvation and dehydration began, and I wept...

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

Well, at least someone is smiling.

Theodore Dalrymple The Sob Factor Quiet grief and private dignity are now things of the past.11 November 2004 Three British soldiers, members of a famous regiment called the Black Watch, died recently in a car-bomb explosion in Iraq—the first British soldiers to perish this way in the terror-plagued country. For a few days, the British press and broadcasting media treated the event as if nothing else in the world mattered. The reaction was little short of hysterical, no doubt to the encouragement and pleasure of future car-bombers.As is now usual whenever tragedy strikes, the press and broadcasters went straight to...

Deseret Morning News, Sunday, August 15, 2004Grief, anger, love fill mother's heartCopyright 2004 Deseret Morning NewsBy Jennifer DobnerDeseret Morning News OREM — It was the Thursday after Lori Hacking was reported missing and Thelma Soares, Lori's mother, had gone to the hospital to see her son-in-law, Mark. Thelma Soares asks July 20 that the search for her daughter continue.Ryan Long, Deseret Morning News At the time it seemed that Mark Hacking had collapsed with grief over the disappearance of his newly pregnant wife. He was undergoing psychological testing at the University of Utah Medical Center and had been incoherent when...

Parents of slain Kim Seon-il broke down upon hearing the news of his death. Kim Jung-sook, a sister of Kim Seon-il, wails. Kim Seon-il during his military service (middle) Kim Seon-il's funeral in preparation His Alma Mater mourns his death. Parent of Kim Seon-il holding his photo Ambassadors to S. Korea from Mid-Eastern countries confering at Foreign Ministry Muslims walk by at a Mosque in Seoul, S. Korea while police are watching.

Beheadings cause Muslims grief By Uwe Siemon-Netto UPI Religious Affairs Editor BORDEAUX, France, Jun. 21 (UPI) -- European specialists on Islamic affairs fear that the beheadings of Americans and other foreigners in the Middle East will trigger a severe anti-Muslim backlash. "These barbaric acts have been catastrophic for the prospects of Muslims in France," said Bruno Guiderdoni, one of the country's foremost Koran scholars. "A discernable shift has occurred in public attitudes," he said. "Its most dangerous aspect is a new hostility even among the once-liberal French intellectuals against our religion." Two years ago, a three-judge panel cleared bestselling author...

MOURNING IN AMERICA? Many headline writers and phrase-makers are writing that much of America is "in mourning" over the death Saturday of former President Ronald Reagan. I wonder how true this is-- how many Americans--even those who unreservedly admired Reagan's politics and personality -- are experiencing the genuine grief and sorrow that we usually associate with mourning.

As a retired Army chaplain, let me side with the Department of Defense in its insistence that the family be the first to know the identity of any flag-draped coffin. It seems a simple, compassionate answer, but so many in the media have difficulty understanding it. It is important that everyone first understand the casualty notification system of the military. It is based on one over-riding premise: The next of kin gets first information delivered personally. In other words, one doesn't leave information of a casualty with a neighbor or friend and have them tell the affected family. One doesn't...

7 teenagers die in Millington joyride Why? By Chris Conley Contact March 1, 2004 A late-night joyride turned to tragedy when a 15-year-old crashed the car he was driving into a tree near Millington, killing himself and six friends. A passing motorist discovered the crushed car and the teens on Chambers Road, between Quito and Epperson Mill roads, about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Police said they did not know exactly when it happened. The teens, all students at Millington Middle School, were dead when police arrived. They were identified as Michael Fradella, 15, the driver; and passengers Trey Hannah, 15; Lauren...

Hillsborough grief hollow, says report Feb 23 2004 By Alan Weston, Daily Post THE public outpourings of emotion after the Hillsborough disaster and the Jamie Bulger murder are examples of a culture of over-the-top caring where people indulge in "recreational grief" to feel better about themselves, a new report claims. The no-holds-barred analysis of 21st century Britain - published by social policy think-tank Civitas - said such "hollow expressions of public caring" had been triggered by the decline of institutions which once gave meaning to people's lives, such as the family, Church and neighbourhood. The national mourning at the death...

Subject: GOOD GRIEF! By Dr. Peter Moore GOOD GRIEF! By Peter Moore At the close of the American Anglican Councils remarkable conference in Dallas on October 9, as 2,700 Episcopalians prepared to return to their churches and dioceses, I went back to my room and wept. I was not unhappy with the conference. It was an astounding show of support for a biblically orthodox witness within our Church. Coming when it did - shortly before the crucial meeting of Anglican Primates at Lambeth and the subsequent consecration of V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire - it sent a message. Eight...

Home The Sadness of Life After Abortion    FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS Recently I read an article about the effects of abortion, which included "post abortion syndrome." Could you please explain what that is? Post Abortion Syndrome (PAS) falls under the category of "post-traumatic stress disorder." The American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines a post-traumatic stress disorder occurring when "the person has experienced an event that is outside the range of usual human experience that would be markedly distressing to almost anyone." Clearly, abortion, the direct killing of an innocent human life, fits this definition. Consequently, the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical...

PERSONAL HEALTH It is commonly assumed in this therapy-oriented world that nearly every grieving person can benefit from bereavement counseling or therapy. But both the experience of psychologists who provide bereavement services and a thorough review of the literature on the results of grief therapy suggest otherwise. Rather, the findings suggest, a majority of people who suffer the loss of a loved one neither need nor benefit from participation in a bereavement group or from more formal grief therapy. These people experience what might be called a normal grief reaction, and the symptoms of it gradually diminish over 6 to...

<p>"To my little angel. Although I say goodbye today, you will always be with my mind, heart and soul. Please understand that this wasn't your time because you are better off in the hands of God than mine at this moment."</p>

<p>Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried when Old-Yeller died. Reading that book as a kid was almost more than I could handle.</p> <p>As a boy running along the shores of Catahoula Lake in central Louisiana, I always had dogs as hunting companions, best friends and guardians.</p>

Beware the 5 Stages of "Grief" Editorial - TLC Group, Dallas Texas Few concepts have insinuated themselves into the popular culture as thoroughly as the so called "5 Stages of Grief": Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. We've heard it from professionals in all areas of the healthcare system (who should know better) as well as from lay persons of all ages (who shouldn't). There is even a lengthy comedy routine about it by Dustin Hoffman playing Lenny Bruce in the movie Lenny. The time has now come to ditch it as the concept has done more harm than good. Three...

~Saying good bye~ Dealing with loss, and surviving...Learning to live with death, divorce, absence, separation, and change. Escaping uncertainty, fear, loneliness, bitterness, emptiness, anger or hate.Grief, and how to cope, is far too difficult a topic to stumble upon with simple words. No one, least of all me, could possibly understand the full range of pain, or the depth of emotion each of us feel at that dreadful moment when we experience a real loss. Dealing with the loss after all, is a vital first step on the long journey to healing. Each of us must confront this necessary...

When the Episcopal Church confirmed a gay bishop, Paul Wilcox put on black trousers, a black shirt and a black tie. Then he got out a can of black Rust-Oleum and painted over the word "Episcopal" on the lawn sign at St. Andrew's Church in West Nashville, Tenn., where he has been a parishioner for 15 years. "I just felt that this was a very grave mistake and a very mournful day," said Wilcox, 45, who received permission from the church's rector to alter the sign. Across the country, conservative Episcopalians have been grieving since the church's general convention voted...

QUESTION: Isn't Isiah 53:4 a mistranslation for the words "pain" and "suffering" as grief and sorrows?