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Maria T. Palmer, Hispanic Ministry ("La Mesa") of United Church of Chapel Hill, "Finding strength and courage in community and prayer"

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  Finding strength and courage in community and prayer Encontrando fuerza, valentía y sanidad en la oración y la comunidad                                                                                —Maria T. Palmer/ Maria Teresa Unger de Palmer  English text follows the Spanish text. Tengo una versión caligrafiada de Josué 1:9 colgada en mi cocina, al lado de mis calendarios (uno mensual y el de cumpleaños). En letras grandes me recuerda: “Sé fuerte y valiente, no tengas miedo ni te desanimes, porque el SEÑOR TU DIOS estará contigo dondequiera que vayas” JOSUÉ 1:9   Yo vengo...
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Bob Dunham, pastor emeritus of the University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, “Rest As a Key to Personal Well-Being”

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Rest As a Key to Personal Well-Being                                                     --- Bob Dunham                         Decades ago, the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote a song about a child who was delighted by dragonflies and amazed by the world around him, but who grew impatient as he got older and wanted the pace to quicken.   I sang “The Circle Game” to my children when they were young, lamenting that we’re but “captives on a carousel of time,” unable to return and relive the days behind us as the years increase their speed. In the third verse of the song, Mitchell sang: Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now, Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town; and they te...
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