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I know how liberating it is to have a friend who truly listens as you share things which are troubling you.

I know how liberating it is to have a friend who truly listens as you share things which are troubling you.

“If someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent” (Luke 16:30). Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tm ...

We were in a safe space in our homes. around 9:30 friday night i got a telephone call from a colleague of mine in town that told me that not only church had been leveled but his church the first presbyterian church had been severely damaged. of course we were sick with worry all night long, but as soon as daylight hit on saturday morning, we drove over and as quickly as we could. and it was just -- you just couldnt comprehend what it was like. but, we gathered together, the few that we could, we...

The ballot box is our communion table. this journey which is unprecedented is literally across the length and breadth of this country, five states three purpose 8le, two red into blue district of columbia. launching today at 11:00 ending on september 15 in washington with advocacy day on the 16th. its going to be tough, hot, its going to be a test of our character, not only as marchers over the course of these 40 days and 40 nights but a test of the country. we want the presidential candidates w...

Vacuum. i was in that vacuum. it is real. >> it is real, folks. all too real for people in the southeast, especially in mississippi. tornadoes ripped through seven states over the weekend. we are telling you about mississippi being hard hit. in particular, ten people were killed there, among them two children and a three-month-old baby. another two deaths to report over in alabama. we have reports of dozens of people injured as well. we are still counting the number of homes that are damaged or ...

About it, and when it was all over, the building was all around me, me and the little communion table was the only thing that stayed in place, and it was just total destruction inside the church, and the lord, he saved me in 1970, so he saved my soul, and that day, he saved my life, that i could tell the world how jesus saves and he took care of me. martha: its an amazing story, and as i said, were so glad that youre here to share it with us today. i know its been just an awful, awful experience...

Survived a tornado by hiding inside a church. its good to have you with us today and were glad you made it through that storm alive. tell us what happened. where you were and how you made it through. >> good morning, thank you for having me. well, i was at the church doing some work, and my wife called and said a tornado was coming so i went and looked out the door and it didnt look too bad, so i went back to the office and in just a few minutes the building started shaking and i went back and l...

They can survey the damage. hundreds of homes damaged. the governor calls it utter obliteration. at least 12 were killed in mississippi and alabama. mike seidel is in yazoo city with the latest. >> reporter: this is day two of the cleanup following the tornado. the national weather service estimating winds as high as 170 miles an hour and believe it or not, a gentleman was in the church when the tornado hit and lived. he was right over here in the church office. his wife said a storms coming. he...

The search is on now for survivors. those deadly twisters killed at least 10 people in mississippi including a baby and two other children. hundreds of homes across 16 counties were damaged or destroyed. mississippi governor haley barbour describing the aftermath as utter obliteration. he was inside his church alone when the tornado struck. >> the building started shaking. i went back and it was just like a giant cloud on the ground. swirling wind and rain. i knew then that i was in trouble. i w...