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Q: Thank you for your helpful columns, Rabbi. I don't recall where I heard this, but it changed my perspective on forgiveness. (And there have been incidents in my life where I struggled with what I thought forgiveness entailed.) The person said, "Forgiveness is giving up your right to get even with the person, when you have the power to do ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I wish I could see things from God’s eyes instead of mine. I feel like I concentrate more on trying to be good than being good. How do I become more like Jesus? – G.P.

A: Those who have flown in an airplane know that planet Earth looks much different from high in the air than from the ground. ...Read more

MIAMI — As thunder boomed on an ominous Sunday evening just outside of Alligator Alcatraz, over 200 people — most of them reverends, rabbis, pastors and people of assorted faiths — chanted in unison, “Shut it down” and “This is a preserve, not a prison” as cars and trucks zoomed behind them on Tamiami Trail.

Clergy alternated in ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A friend of mine told me that I need to work on being more positive, but I honestly find it hard when I look at the state of the world with all of its problems and issues. Whether it is an individual or a nation, there is so much to be negative about....Read more

CHICAGO — The letter arrived in late July with the tone of the two before it, the ones that announced the Rev. David Ryan, a longtime Chicago-area priest, had been placed on leave amid allegations of child sexual abuse.

This one, like those previous, came with a sense of the somber, an acknowledgment of the severity of the accusations and a ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: We live in a very confused world, and it seems the main reason is because everyone believes something different. I read an article titled “The Truth According to Me.” It was scary! If each person can define truth (the difference between right and wrong), it seems the world will never be unified....Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can a false religion be identified? – F.R.

A: A false religion is like the imitation of high fashion. The very presence of counterfeits proves the existence of the real. There would be no imitations without a genuine product. God’s original ...Read more

At 67 years old, Raimundo “Ray” Ricardo is one of the youngest members of a senior center in Miami Beach — but he still shows up almost every morning.

A retired industrial engineer, he found the Diener Family Center on Española Way about a year ago when he sat down for a free lunch. Now the Miami Beach native is a regular member and a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — When Heather Miller Rubens and Lora Hargrove met for the first time this year, they agreed they were doing so at a time of extraordinary dividedness, particularly for religious leaders.

Immigration, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights had long since split Americans into separate, often angry camps. Racial and economic inequality were well-...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I believe in God and accept Jesus, but I have not invited the Holy Spirit to live in me – and no one can really explain why this is necessary. The Bible says that we shouldn’t dabble in the spirit world. – S.W.

A: The Holy Word of God teaches of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy ...Read more