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An Anniversary Prayer — September 11, 2008 Lord, we gather in prayer on the seventh anniversary of 9-11; We thank you for the many blessings

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When my dog Forest died earlier this year, I was faced with the prospect of raising a new dog while traveling. I discussed my challenge

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Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure near Moscow on August 3, 2008 at, at the age of 89. Putin Says

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