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...Strength Through Suffering David Van Biema's article on Mother Teresa was a spiritual meditation in itself [Sept. 3]. His insights and parallels with other mystics of the church, especially John of the Cross, come through effortlessly. As for Mother Teresa, she took a vow of poverty, in her case manifested as spiritual poverty. She demonstrated that our greatest crosses turn into our greatest strengths. Tom Prendeville, Dublin...
...from different schools sipped drinks together. A jazz singer crooned in the background. “There hasn’t been such a gathering in my years,” said Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who has worked in Harvard’s Memorial Church since 1970. But the living wasn’t always this easy, said Association co-chair John F. Gates, associate dean for administration and finance. “The past five years reflect a period when Harvard’s black community felt particularly unwelcome and disenfranchised, mainly because...
...pastor and servant of Jesus Christ, I had a strong response to the exposé. It is unbelievable that the Roman Catholic Church would not respect Teresa's wishes to keep her personal struggles confidential. In my 30 years of serving, I have had many similar crises of faith. They are a normal part of the ministry and reflect the human condition. Those of us who serve the Lord Jesus Christ are not superhuman but are ordinary people living ordinary lives serving an extraordinary Saviour. I hope readers can understand that and not discredit all that this wonderful woman...
...pastor and servant of Jesus Christ, I had a strong response to the exposé. It is unbelievable that the Roman Catholic Church would not respect Teresa's wishes to keep her personal struggles confidential. In my 30 years of serving, I have had many similar crises of faith. They are a normal part of the ministry and reflect the human condition. Those of us who serve the Lord Jesus Christ are not superhuman but are ordinary people living ordinary lives serving an extraordinary Saviour. I hope readers can understand that and not discredit all that this wonderful woman...
...With the Japanese market close to saturated, Toto has its eye on the American posterior. In July, the company unveiled a cheeky billboard at New York's Times Square showing a series of bare bums emblazoned with happy faces - until a local church complained that the advertisement was inappropriate, and the offending bottoms were covered. Washlets have spread across the rest of Asia, too. A TIME editor reported that on a recent trip to Tibet he happened on a wonderfully toasty Japanese toilet in what he called a "truly medieval fortress town...