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Do we need to Love Ourselves Before we can Love Others?

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It was a novel idea, and it did sound logical. But  it  didn’t feel right: “We must love ourselves first, or we cannot love others as Jesus told us to.” The speaker  at our dorm vespers explained that, since Jesus told to love others as we love ourselves, we must first love ourselves. As a … Continue reading –>

Apollo 13 “Houston, we have a problem!”

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April 11, 1970 saw the successful launch of the seventh manned mission in NASA’s Apollo space program. Two days later, after one of the craft’s oxygen tanks exploded and severely crippled the craft’s oxygen and power supplies, Apollo commander Jim Lovell uttered the famous words: “Houston, we have a problem!” Suddenly, the focus of the … Continue reading –>