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WHETHER YOUR WORKPLACE is a windowless cubicle in a high-rise office complex, the back of water buffalo in a rice paddy, or the kitchen table in your apartment, you probaby spend a major portion of your time there. So wherever that place is for you, you deserve to feel productive and happy in it.
The author of this piece was working on a historical restoration project when this inspirational moment occurred. She requested that her name not be used.
THIS MONTH , the Christian world celebrates Easter, the day traditionally designated to commemorate the triumphant resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth from the grave. This issue of the Journal invites Christians and other thoughtful seekers of Truth to contemplate the tender relationship between spiritual healing and the story of the resurrection.
We asked Bible scholar Virginia Stopfel to share insights with Journal readers on ways that the lives of women in the Bible can be helpful to women today. Over the last two centuries , many women have challenged the Bible as a patriarchal document written by and for men.
International Women's Day , celebrated on March 8, focuses on the progress made by women around the world. And it helps further that progress.
Contributor Rosemary Thornton writes about a remarkable instance of forgiveness and how the demand to forgive has influenced her own life. Corrie ten Boom has always been a heroine of mine.
For all the prayer and planning that go into composing this magazine every month, each issue invariably holds surprises even for those most familiar with the details of its content, style, word count, and so on. Those surprises—those unexpected gifts of inspiration and cheer—feel to us a bit like a wink from heaven, as if to say "There's no end to 'the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!'" 1 One of the surprises we noticed this month was the interplay throughout the magazine between getting along with others and seeing clearly.
New Year's celebrations have been recorded about as long as anything has been recorded-at least 5,000 years-and in many different seasons of the year. The Gregorian calendar settled on January 1 in 1582.
" Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
The coincidence of Thanksgiving Day and National Bible Week in the United States seems particularly fitting. Many people are thankful for the Bible and what it brings to their lives.