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surged in recentmonthsto the topof fictionbest-seller lists.The well-knownFrench atheistauthor writes of adevastating plaguein the French Algeriancity of Oran.Beginning with aharrowing descriptionof rats dying acrossthe city, the bookchronicles the disease’sgradual spread andthe evolving humanresponses towidespread fear,uarantine, and death.Its relevance toour times is unmistakable.(Novel, The Plague (1947) ,ofAlbert Camus)

God’s presence,we can explorenew areas of nourishment,knowing there is alwayssomething tried andtrue to fall back on.

we begin to dance through lifealso in sad timesand in turbulent days.We are cheerfulwhile life taught us a lot.We believe firmly in Godand this faith helps to go on.(Graphic: dancing through life_zps93ldr8q3 photobucket Genovamaaa’s collection)

with innumerable parallelsfrom the Christian tradition,while fully recognizinghis Hindu dharma basis,and concludes thatthe awakeningof the Indian mindin Gandhi was notsimply the awakeningof a distinctly Hinduform of interior life.It was for the entire world.Hence Gandhi’s messagewas valid for Indiaand for himselfas it representedthe awakening of a new world.

of unshakable joythat transcends suffering.For many of us,joy is at a verylow simmer.(Nick Vujicic is 33 years old. He was born with an extremely rare congenital disorder known as Phocomelia, which is characterised by the absence of legs and arms.)(Graphic: Nick Vujicic wirth his wife, Google Bilder) .

the immovable barrier,between a holy Godand fallen manwhois dead in trespasses.He came to destroythe immovable sin-barrierand unbridgeable gulfthat was erected by SIN.