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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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