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At our Christmas gathering in Cyprus, Belal the "Philistine” brought poems dedicated to each of us. A Turbulent History I promise I’m not name-calling.

  “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” is a hymn I used to sing a lot growing up in church. But I didn’t always get the feeling God was joyful—not from most of the Christians around me anyway. There were a few, however, that did seem filled with joy. These were the exceptions, and they stand out in my memory. Joyful Believers I had a teacher at our Christian school who had seven or eight children and never enough money, but he was always happy. One day he told us a story about answered prayer. He said a student had asked him to borrow a dime—yes, I believe it was a dime though now that ...

Sojourner's Wisdom Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff. —Sojourner Truth So many Americans are angry. The non-religious are angry at