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Waiting upon me
Let your life be a deep, quiet pool. Let your heart rest in My hand as a bird in a nest. Let your eyes be still. Let your hands be free. For then I shall fill all your vision, and then I shall take your hands into Mine and My power shall flow forth into you.

If you would only make yourself a place apart, yes, removed from the pressure and turmoil, and there I will meet you. Yes, I wait for your coming. For I long to pour out My blessings upon You, and I long to give you My fullness. Only be still before Me. Never let the tools and cares of the day rob you of this sweet fellowship with Me.

For I know what you need, and I am concerned about your duties and responsibilities. You will find your cares vanish, and your load is lightened by an unseen hand. I would have you bring Me your love, and even as you are bringing Me your love, I shall in turn bring to you My power, so that I work for you in a twofold measure.

I will give you the power to discharge your duties with greater efficiency. I am actively engaged in working for you in ways you cannot see, to make your path clear, and to bring about things you could never accomplish, and which would otherwise absorb your energies and wear your patience.

So I say again......Rest in Me. Wait upon Me. Come apart with Me. Seek My face. seek My fellowship.

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Moana - I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) (HD)

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“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” — Ludwig van Beethoven

When created from the heart and with truth and pure intention, music is a spiritual expression of the most universal nature and the highest order. – Frank Fitzpatrick

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” — Plato

Music is essentially spiritual: “The highest form in music is spirituality.” When it is, the effect on us — our thoughts, our emotions, our subconscious, and even our physical well-being— can be quite profound.- Frank Fitzpatrick

“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.” — Martin Luther

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I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?
Remind me once again just who I am, because I need to know (ooh oh)

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe (I), oh I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
I believe

The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me
In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity, (ooh oh)

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe (I), oh I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
Oh, I believe

Taking all I have and now I'm laying it at Your feet
You have every failure God, and You'll have every victory, (ooh oh)

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe (I), oh I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
I believe

Oh I believe (I), yes I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
Oh I believe (oh)

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Lyrics © CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP

Written by: Paul Mabury, Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram

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What is spirituality?
‘What we’re talking about is the Christian life. It’s following Jesus. Spirituality is no different from what we’ve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptised, learning to pray, and reading the Scriptures rightly. It’s just ordinary stuff’.

Eugene Peterson

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‘Being in the world without being of the world’. These words summarise well the way Jesus speaks of his spiritual life. It is a life in which we are totally transformed by the Spirit of love. Yet it is a life in which everything seems to remain the same. To live a spiritual life does not mean that we must leave our family, give up our jobs, or change our ways of working; it does not mean that we have to withdraw from social and political activities, or lose interest in literature and art; it does not require severe forms of asceticism or long hours of prayer ... What is new is that we are moved from the many things to the Kingdom of God. What is new is that we are set free from the compulsions of our world and have set our hearts on the only necessary thing. What is new is that we no longer experience the many things, people, and events as endless causes for worry, but begin to experience them as the rich variety of ways in which God makes his presence known to us.

Henri Nouwen

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Spirituality) is the lived dimension of faith. It is how faith looks in everyday relationships, attitudes, values and behaviours. It is the set of assumptions an individual lives out of, and where he or she chooses to locate meaning. For the Christian, this works on both a communal and personal level. The meaning of life is centred on a God who sent the Son and the Spirit to save his people and be with them. A personal spirituality emerges in the dialogue between this communal faith story and the concrete events of each
individual’s life experience. Tuohy, David SJ

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Tuohy, David SJ ... by ‘spirituality’ I do not mean any kind of content-free, theologically-vacuous quest for transcendent experiences for their own sake. Rather ‘spirituality’ has to do precisely with the content, what fills abstract theology, mundane institutions, and the everyday life of the Christian
with their real substance.
Veith, Gene Edward Jr

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spirituality is a lived faith plus a path. Hanson, Bradley

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... spirituality will be taken to mean intentional practice of the Christian faith, both corporate and individual, insofar as it seeks to build up Christian identity and nurture “life in the Spirit” in the multiple
dimensions of personal existence.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

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Daigle's worth, according to the song's lyrics, is found in God and whatever He says about her strength and ability to be loved. The humbling gospel ballad heals listeners and assures them of a victory over their struggles if they put their trust in the right hands.

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Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

Therefore, since we have been justified
through faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:1 (NIV)

‘I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.’
John 14:6 (GNB)

‘I have told you this while I am still with you. The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.’
John 14:25-26 (GNB)

Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as
Lord, live in union with him. Keep your roots
deep in him, build your lives on him, and
become stronger in your faith, as you were
taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6,7 (GNB)

For the Spirit that God has given us does not
make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with
power, love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:7 (GNB)

Let the Spirit change your way of thinking and make you into a new person.
Ephesians 4:23, 24a (CEV)

And you also became God’s people when
you heard the true message, the Good News
that brought you salvation. You believed in
Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership
on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had
promised. The Spirit is the guarantee that we
shall receive what God has promised his
people, and this assures us that God will give
complete freedom to those who are his. Let
us praise his glory!
Ephesians 1:13,14 (GNB)

This [God] did so that [people] would look for him, and perhaps find him as they felt around for him. Yet God is actually not far from any one of us.
Acts 17:27 (TEV)

Do not conform outwardly to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God – what is good, and pleasing to him,
and is perfect.
Romans 12:2 (TEV)

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1.1. What is Spirituality?

1.1.1. A Working Definition of Christian Spirituality
"Spirituality" = is derived from Hebrew ruach, which had a range of  meanings:

- spirit
- breath

- wind
- that which gives life and animation to something

Spirituality then is:

- that which animates a person's life of faith
- that which moves a person's faith to greater depths and perfection

To further flesh out a definition of Christian Spirituality, we may consider the elements that make up Christianity:
1. a set of beliefs, found in the Creeds and doctrines of the Church

2. a set of values, based on:
hope and promise of redemption

- love of others
- denial of self

3. a way of life
The real, human life in which our beliefs and values are embodied and expressed

Christianity Spirituality is part of our way of life as Christians.

Putting all the above together, we may say:
Christianity Spirituality is the quest for a fulfilled and authentic life, that involves taking the beliefs and values of Christianity and weaving them into the fabric of our lives so that they "animate," provide the "breath" and "spirit" and "fire" for our lives

1.1.2. Quotes from Other Authors on the Definition of Christian Spirituality
Here are some quotes from other authors on the definition of Christian Spirituality

... spiritual maturity or spiritual fulfillment necessarily involves the whole person – body, mind and soul, place, relationships – in connection with the whole of creation throughout the era of time.  ...spirituality encompasses the whole person in the totality of existence in the world, not some fragment or scrap or incident of a person
- William Stringfellow,

in Politics of Spirituality, p. 22

Spirituality is a lived experience, the effort to apply relevant elements in the deposit of Christian faith to the guidance of men and women towards their spiritual growth, the progressive development of their persons which flowers into a proportionately increased insight and joy.
- George Ganss,

in "Introduction" to Ignatius of Loyola, p. 61

Spirituality has to do with our experiencing of God and with the transformation of our consciousness and our lives as outcomes of that experience
- Richard O'Brien,

in Catholicism, p. 1058

Spirituality ... arises from a creative and dynamic synthesis of faith and life, forged in the crucible of the desire to live out the Christian faith authentically, responsibly, effectively, and fully
- Alister McGrath,

in Christian Spirituality, p. 9

These quotes emphasize that Spirituality:
- involves the whole person (body, mind, soul, relationships), the entire fabric of our lives

- is a lived experience, a quest throughout our lives that involves

the weaving, a dynamic synthesis, of the elements of the deposit of Christian faith (beliefs and values) into the fabric of our lives so that they animate, give fire to our lives

a growth, development, and flowering of our lives; a transformation of our consciousness and lives

involves experiencing and knowing God (not just knowing about God)

To recap:

Christianity Spirituality is the quest for a fulfilled and authentic life, that involves

- taking the beliefs and values of Christianity and weaving them into the fabric of our lives so that they "animate," provide the "breath" and "spirit" and "fire" for our lives

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Optimal spiritual health and wellbeing involves developing a sense of purpose in life and reflecting on major events that have occurred and their impact and meaning. It also involves an understanding of right or wrong in a way that allows for consideration of and care for the welfare of others and the environment, and practising compassion and forgiveness.

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Optimal spiritual health and wellbeing involves developing a sense of purpose in life and reflecting on major events that have occurred and their impact and meaning. It also involves an understanding of right or wrong in a way that allows for consideration of and care for the welfare of others and the environment, and practising compassion and forgiveness.

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In  recent health research by Dr Deborah Cornah on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation, a loss of that meaning can remove from an individual the power to cope with life’s difficulties:“When I’m in a phase that I’m able to believe that there is a God who gives meaning to that universe, then I have hope. But there have been spells when I haven’t been able to believe that, and that has been absolutely terrifying. That’s been falling into the abyss.” (Ibid, p113)

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In  recent health research by Dr Deborah Cornah on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation, a loss of that meaning can remove from an individual the power to cope with life’s difficulties:“When I’m in a phase that I’m able to believe that there is a God who gives meaning to that universe, then I have hope. But there have been spells when I haven’t been able to believe that, and that has been absolutely terrifying. That’s been falling into the abyss.” (Ibid, p113)

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Another important source of meaning and hope is found in spiritual traditions common to most religions, including liturgy, worship and prayer. It seems that when depression leads people to struggle intellectually with their faith, the elements of ritual, symbol and habit associated with these traditions are able to “carry a person through” their worst moments.

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Another important source of meaning and hope is found in spiritual traditions common to most religions, including liturgy, worship and prayer. It seems that when depression leads people to struggle intellectually with their faith, the elements of ritual, symbol and habit associated with these traditions are able to “carry a person through” their worst moments.

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“Even though, intellectually and emotionally you may have all sorts of doubts and turmoils, you are able sort of outwardly to share in the liturgy of the mass, and by that, erm... it’s sort of an acted out statement of faith even when your mind and your emotions may not be able totally to provide faith.” (Ibid, p128)

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“Even though, intellectually and emotionally you may have all sorts of doubts and turmoils, you are able sort of outwardly to share in the liturgy of the mass, and by that, erm... it’s sort of an acted out statement of faith even when your mind and your emotions may not be able totally to provide faith.” (Ibid, p128)

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Hodges describes four dimensions of spirituality – meaning of life, intrinsic values, belief in transcendence and spiritual community – and argues that each of these dimensions has an inverse linear relationship with depression.(https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/impact-spirituality.pdf)

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Hodges describes four dimensions of spirituality – meaning of life, intrinsic values, belief in transcendence and spiritual community – and argues that each of these dimensions has an inverse linear relationship with depression.(https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/impact-spirituality.pdf)

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Mark 7:1-9 New International Version (NIV)That Which Defiles7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:“‘These people honor me with their lips,    but their hearts are far from me.7 They worship me in vain;    their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions!

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Mark 7:1-9 New International Version (NIV)That Which Defiles7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:“‘These people honor me with their lips,    but their hearts are far from me.7 They worship me in vain;    their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions!

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Spirituality is not material in nature. It belongs to the relm of ideas, beliefs, values and ethics. Described and is interpreted as the need for meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life. Research states that nearly 90 percent of the world’s population is involved today in some form of spiritual practice (World Christian Database, 2007). Spirituality involves identication with belief or faith system that contributes to the hope and the will to live that they experience. It is individualised concept that measure by the amount of peace and harmony an individual experiences.

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Spirituality is not material in nature. It belongs to the relm of ideas, beliefs, values and ethics. Described and is interpreted as the need for meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life. Research states that nearly 90 percent of the world’s population is involved today in some form of spiritual practice (World Christian Database, 2007). Spirituality involves identication with belief or faith system that contributes to the hope and the will to live that they experience. It is individualised concept that measure by the amount of peace and harmony an individual experiences.

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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankel

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Read through the introduction 1.1 and 1.2 on pages

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How can music help a persons spirituality

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How can music help a persons spirituality

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Music can parrallel the spiritual and religion.
1)      Listening, not just hearing.  Many people hear music all day long: in the car, on television, a background radio, etc. but few actually listen, as a musician would.  Listening requires a deeper level of awareness than simply hearing.  The same holds true in Christianity.  “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Rom. 10:17)  The word hearing is literally translated as “hearing with understanding”.  “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Matt. 11:15)  Jesus continually challenged those who heard Him to understand what He was saying, beckoning them to a deeper awareness of His words.  Listening is an attitude.  It’s choosing to be aware, not just “having become dull of hearing”. (Heb. 5:11)  The Scripture admonishes Christians to “be swift to hear and slow to speak.” (Js. 1:19)  In music, players who play less and listen more are those who are seasoned in their craft.  They have come to relish the silent moments as much as, or more than, the rest of the musical activity.

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I don’t know one example of a musician, sacred or secular, who has made music for any length of time that hasn’t at some point sensed a power beyond himself, working through his musical performance.  Different people have their own unique way of explaining it, but everyone knows the moment it happened.  It is forever etched in their memory as an artist.  Some people make a futile attempt to try to ‘re-create’ the moment, so that they can ‘package’ it for their next performance.  It’s elusive, though.  It’s beyond human control.  The writers of Scripture knew of this phenomena, “But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” (I Pet. 1:20-21)

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Music and worship have existed in tandem as far back as human history can be observed.  If there is any quintessential area in which spirituality and music combine, it is in the area of worship.  Time and space in this article prohibit the exposition of the numerous examples of Scriptural texts dealing with music and worship.  However, here are some highlights. “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)
Clearly, music and spirituality are intrinsically woven, inseparable in worshiping the Creative God, the One Who most likely ‘sang’ the worlds into existence from the beginning, and in Whose image we have been made to likewise bring forth that which is creative, glorifying Him in song, music and worship

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The Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga has written:

As the Christian sees things, God does not stand idly by, cooly observing the suffering of His creatures. He enters into and shares our suffering. He endures the anguish of seeing his son, the second person of the Trinity, consigned to the bitterly cruel and shameful death of the cross. Some theologians claim that God cannot suffer. I believe they are wrong. God’s capacity for suffering, I believe, is proportional to his greatness; it exceeds our capacity for suffering in the same measure as his capacity for knowledge exceeds ours. Christ was prepared to endure the agonies of hell itself; and God, the Lord of the universe, was prepared to endure the suffering consequent upon his son’s humiliation and death. He was prepared to accept this suffering in order to overcome sin, and death, and the evils that afflict our world, and to confer on us a life more glorious than we can imagine.{1}

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The poor in spirit is not an endorsement of poverty. It is an acknowledgment of our need for God in all aspects of life. It means not have an independent or prideful spirit but instead to have a demeanor that always looks upon God for our providence. It is those that depend upon God that see the manifestation of the kingdom of God in their life. Both here on earth and eventually in heaven.

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Jesus is talking about various types of mourning here. I am sure that He is talking about those that mourn over the condition of the world. I believe that He is talking about those that are grieved about the people that are not in right relationship with Him, and I think that He is talking about mourning the loss of loved ones in our life. Jesus said that He would send the comforter, the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit would be a comfort to all of us.

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I have heard many people misinterpret this scripture and try to make it say that it means strength. The Bible clearly states that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. The word meekness means having strength under control. That control is humility. Moses was known to be one of the meekest men in the world, but that does not mean he did not have the strength to accomplish what God called him to do. The meek understand authority and willingly submit to it and live ultimately under God’s authority. Jesus said that if we wanted to be great in His kingdom, then we would be servant leaders. Servant leadership is the definition of meekness.

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4 Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness. vs. 6

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4 Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness. vs. 6

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The word righteousness means “right standing.” They are the ones that want to see justice and reconciliation in the world. They want to see people come to right standing with each other and most importantly with God. Because they hunger and thirst for this right standing, they are always concerned about how their actions will affect their relationship with God and with other people

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People who are merciful have undoubtedly received mercy in their lives. In the parable of the unforgiving servant, Jesus asks the question as to whether or not the one who has received mercy should have shown mercy on his fellow servant. Mercy and forgiveness go hand in hand. Merciful people can understand that “except for the grace of God go I.”

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In reading the works of Elie Wiesel, I had to ask God some of the same questions that he did. The storm of emotion followed the paths of anger and despair, and finally ended with the acceptance that Elie Wiesel finds. God is not easy to figure out, and he never will be. With all our knowledge, we cannot guess at his reasons for doing anything. I will never stop wondering what happened, and, more importantly, why, but I will sleep quietly, as long as when I wake I watch to see that there is not another Holocaust, and I pray to God that whatever the reasons for the first one, there never will be a second.

The Holocaust presented a call to people everywhere to reevaluate the role of God in their lives. The pain and suffering that we know took place is in dark contrast to what we would have thought possible in the presence of our God, and anyone who comes in contact with these horrors will be forever shaken in his present faith. Some have reacted with anger toward God, others with denial. Still others reacted with mistrust of all that God had meant before. But by asking questions, some have grown to learn that God never did things the way people expect Him to, and that fact becomes the cornerstone of the new start to their theology. God does not answer questions unless they suit His purposes. This is what we have learned from Auschwitz and from the writings of Elie Wiesel. We must continue to ask questions, continue to challenge God, until, one day, He Himself will give us the answers. And until then we should never feel so secure in faith as to think that Auschwitz could never happen again. We must make certain, through our actions, that it will never happen again

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1.       Using this poem create a collage of what you hear and see.

2.       Where is the spirituality found in this piece of work? Identify the words and elaborate why?

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With or without technology in the bedroom, many teenagers find it difficult to get to sleep. Credit:Getty Images

Today, school is only part of a hectic teen's day, and for many 14-year-old girls, the day can reach far into the night.

Rowing can start before the moon nods off to sleep, meaning an alarm clock cuts through any teen dreams as early as 4.15am. Rowing morphs into school, which becomes hockey or swimming training or netball practice. Home beckons, but means a quick shower and dinner. And the clock chimes 8.30 pm. Often, this is when many girls first open their books to begin the assigned homework.

Mandy, Margaret, and Joanne are not exceptions to the rule. Busy-bee lives are unfolding each day in schools across Australia, and the impact is devastating. Teachers report yawns from 9am and brain experts say learning while tired is pretty much useless. Parents admit they're not sure what time their teens nod off, and many girls nominate a lack of sleep as the key reason behind conflict with their parents.

Heavy school workloads, on top of extracurricular activities, are a key reason behind an epidemic in sleep deficit. Our 14-year-olds are worried sick, even if they are not telling you. It might be anxiety over an upcoming test or friendship angst that follows your daughter home from school. The lure of the blue-lit screen resting on the bedside table adds to the problem, with the short-wavelength light emitted suppressing the sleep hormone and delaying sleep onset. In lay terms, the teen's brain is being told it's time to wake up.

"A good night is five hours for me. A bad one can be three hours," Margaret said.

And then, when they wake to a piercing alarm the next morning, what is their first act? That question is put to a group of Brisbane 14-year-olds. The answer is so in tune it seems practised: "Check my phone."

Sarah goes to bed between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm. She admits she is on Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and ooVoo. Sheepishly, she also owns up to the fact that she's only allowed social media between 4 pm and 9.30pm - so doesn't begin her homework until 9.30pm. Her case points to another issue: few 14-year-olds have curfews, and those who do largely ignore them, tucked in their room with the door closed, while their parents, tired themselves, nod off to sleep up the corridor.

Exhausted: Teenagers are tired, but they still can't resist the lure of their smartphones. Credit:Eddie Jim

When this picture is described to Dr Chris Seton, an adolescent sleep physician at Sydney's Westmead Children's Hospital, he nods his understanding. None of this is a surprise; he hears it every day. About 80 per cent of his patients are drawn from private schools, many of them weighed down by nonstop extracurricular activity cycles and hours of homework. Seven in every ten 14-year-old girls gets insufficient sleep, most of them recording fewer than eight hours, when nine hours is the minimum required.

About 15 per cent, Seton says, sleep for only five hours each night. Seton's passion for the challenge shows itself in the frustration he holds over the sleep-deficit epidemic that is still not accepted as a public health issue.

Today's teens are struggling to get enough sleep. Credit:Fiona-Lee Quimby

The average 14-year-old with 30 minutes of missed sleep records a measurable IQ difference of up to 10 points, he says. Ten points! Isn't that enough information for this to be treated as a serious public health issue? And it doesn't stop there. Seton says a string of other links - between insufficient sleep and drug and alcohol use, depression and anxiety - also exists, and the problem continues to grow.

The drop in academic results recorded by tired students can be explained by how sleep loss affects short- and long-term memory; the old adage "in one ear and out the other" is truer than we might have believed. Short-term memory loss can happen with one night's missed sleep. For good long-term memory, a teen needs sufficient sleep to consolidate their learning.

"If they get a good night and they learn well during the day and then they sleep badly [the next] night, the memory has not gone into long-term memory," Seton says.

The list of problems associated with drowsy teenagers runs to pages. Impaired learning. Mood swings. Anxiety. Depression. More prone to developing a negative body image. Low self-esteem. A loss of their sense of humour. Sleep-hungry teens are also more likely to eat fast food two or more times a week, have difficult relationships with their parents, increase school absenteeism and be put on detention.

"Not getting enough sleep causes the number of T cells in a teenager's body to fall by 30 to 40 per cent, thereby reducing the ability of their immune system to fight everyday infections," Seton adds.

It's not surprising that Kids Helpline often receives calls from high school students late into the night. Many of them are studying, and anxious, or still on their phones. But, despite the enormous amount of money poured into the education system and the focus on how best to test our students, nothing has changed to assist their sleep patterns.

Some schools have instituted "sleep hygiene lessons" as part of life-skills programs, where students are taught a routine to get ready for bed.

That's right: in Year 9! Seton is teaching the same routine in his clinics. Forty-five minutes before bed, all technology is turned off, then the teen has a bath. A chilled music playlist is turned on, a snack and a drink devoured, before the teen slips into bed.

"It trains the brain to get ready for sleep," Seton says. "It means when the light goes off the brain is not racing."

But few follow it.

Teenage girls in particular, say experts, suffer FOMO (fear of missing out) if they turn their device off overnight. They'd rather suffer tiredness than arrive at school, into their peer group, being the only one who wasn't up with the nocturnal electronic goings-on. That is borne out in the data showing the percentage of teens texting - not just after midnight but after 3 am on weeknights.

Seton says about 45 per cent of teens aged 14 to 16 regularly sent texts after 3 am, and 75 per cent after midnight. Some were sending more than 100 texts a night. The average sat at 34. Unfortunately, it's not only sending the texts that's part of the equation; the anticipation of waiting for a reply to a text means the brain wakes up - a term called "infomania".

Arianna Huffington, founder and former editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and author of The Sleep Revolution, has also brought a bit of welcome celebrity to the call for more sleep. Speaking at the 2016 National Coalition of Girls' Schools conference in New York, she received a rock star's welcome for her call for us to redefine what success means. The audience - educators in girls' schools the world over - saw, on a daily basis, the devastating impact that a sleepless night waged on a student.

"We need to educate our young girls that they don't have to burn out to succeed," Huffington told the packed room.

School start times needed to be changed, too, she said.

Some Australian schools have been tinkering with start times, but there is no mass move to allow high school students to begin their daily education a bit later. Some schools have raised it as an option, but support for it amongst families is low. And in some cases, there has been strong opposition to trialling later start times.

Jane Danvers, principal of the Wilderness School in South Australia, like most of her peers, agrees with the science behind calls to change the school day. But she says obstacles exist to make it difficult and schools frequently looked at other ways to cater for teens. For example, timetables were often structured to differentiate what was taught in morning classes and what was taught in afternoon classes.

At the moment, the 8.30am to 3pm model is compatible with bus and train timetables, allows homework to be done before dinner, and doesn't create a logistical problem for big cities.

In other words, it's neat. It's clean. It works, for almost everyone. The one demographic missing out here are the teens - where the 14-year-old girls sit smack bang in the middle.

This is an edited extract from Being 14, Helping fierce teens become awesome women (Hachette) by Madonna King and released this week.
Madonna King is a Fairfax columnist.
Madonna King is a leading journalist and commentator who writes for the Brisbane Times. She was an award-winning mornings presenter on 612 ABC Brisbane and is a five-times author.

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Today's teens are struggling to fit enough sleep into their busy lives

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Today, school is only part of a hectic teen's day, and for many 14-year-old girls, the day can reach far into the night. Rowing can start before the moon nods off to sleep, meaning an alarm clock cuts through any teen dreams as early as 4.15am.

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HOW TO BALANCE YOUR TIME! | SCHOOL, SOCIAL LIFE, WORK, SPORT, CHURCH & MORE!

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Heart, soul, and mind can be unique. But they can also be used interchangeably as often happens in the NT.

Heart = inward self where feelings, emotions, and thinking occur.

Soul = the entire inner person.

Mind = the inward part of us where thinking occurs.

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The NT authors can speak of the heart (Mark 11:23; 16:14; Luke 8:12; Rom 10:9) or the mind (Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 4:4) or even the soul (Acts 14:22 seems to fit in this regard).

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Most of us think that we could never be like the Dalai Lama or come even close to winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Well, let's be honest -- we're probably not going to become the spiritual leader of Tibet or win that illustrious prize, BUT who says we can't be the embodiment of the Dalai Lama or embodiment of what the Nobel Peace Prize represents.

"I very much appreciate that kind of recognition about my beliefs, in fact, I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential. My case is nothing special. I am a simple Buddhist monk -- no more, no less.'' The Dalai Lama said when he heard the news that he was selected for the Nobel Peace Prize in October of 1989.

So, every human being has the potential for humility, compassion and the profound ability to affect another human being in a positive way. We CAN actually be like the Dalai Lama!

The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize because of his spiritual values of compassion and reverence for all living beings. He has respect for the Chinese even though they invaded his country in 1959, killed thousands of his people and forced him into exile.

Instead of condemning the Chinese he had compassion for them and instead of fighting against them he chose to forgive them. He did this for the good of his people. The Dalai Lama's main goal was to preserve peace as well as the cultural heritage of the Tibetan people. In other words, he put the welfare of his country and people first.

This year's Nobel Peace winners also put the welfare of their people first. The winners of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize were the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. The quartet is made up of four organizations: The Tunisian General Labor Union; The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; the Tunisian Human Rights League; and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers. The Quartet was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for transitioning the country of Tunisia to democracy.

This award comes five years after an unemployed street vendor set himself on fire, which caused a wave of protests and demonstrations (violent and non-violent) called the "Arab Spring." The protests started in Tunisia then spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the countries in the Arab League.

The residents of those countries were rebelling against human rights violations, political corruption, the poor economy, unemployment, poverty and the authoritarian dictatorship that ruled or still rules their perspective countries.

The Tunisian quartet negotiated and implemented a plan to guide Tunisia away from the brink of civil war towards a peaceful and democratic society. Their plan called for the entire cabinet to resign and a non-partisan prime minister to take over. The new government would guarantee fundamental rights (gender, political and religious) for the whole population of Tunisia.

We live in an ethically selfish as well as politically selfish world, which makes what the quartet did all the more great. They cared more about the needs of everyone in Tunisia before their own self-concern. Their goal was to ensure the rights, interests and freedoms of the people of Tunisia.

The success of Tunisia's transition to democracy has been a beacon of hope for the world as we watch the unfortunate killing and fighting for power in neighboring Arab countries. Tunisia still has a ways to go, but it's a giant step in the right direction.

We can all take a giant step in the right direction if we are selfless and think of the common good rather than ourselves, our agendas and our needs.

Our main enemy on this planet is not with other people; it's within ourselves. It's our ego. We're constantly battling others because we are afraid of not getting what we want or losing what we have. The ego is that little dictator in us that wants to have all the power.

It's our egos that are responsible for all the war, famine as well as many other tragedies that occur on this planet. The goal of Spirituality, in my opinion, is about eradicating the ego and getting out of self. We do this by being of service to our fellow human beings and thinking constantly of others.

I submit to you that every single one of us, no matter what station we are in life, can win a Nobel Peace Prize every day. We win the award by putting others first. It is just that simple. Imagine what would happen if we all did that -- the world would be in a state of constant peace.

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Most of us think that we could never be like the Dalai Lama or come even close to winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Well, let's be honest -- we're probably not going to become the spiritual leader of Tibet or win that illustrious prize, BUT who says we can't be the embodiment of the Dalai Lama or embodiment of what the Nobel Peace Prize represents.

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On a visit to Japan, Wangari Maathai learned the story of the hummingbird and the forest fire. While the other animals run in fear or hang their heads in despair, the hummingbird flies above the fire time and again, releasing a few drops of water from its tiny beak.

"Why do you bother?" the other animals shout at the hummingbird. "I'm doing the best that I can," the hummingbird replies.

"It's such a beautiful story," Ms. Maathai says, thinking of the immensity of the world's environmental problems. "There is always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird."

In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement, which enlists villagers, and especially women, to improve their local environment.

Since then, she's concluded that people's values are what motivate them. If the values are good ones, good actions will follow. Hence it's importance for people to tap their spiritual traditions for guidance in caring for the environment, she says.

"I saw that if people have [good] values, they can sustain what they are doing," says Maathai in a recent interview at a New York City hotel not far from the United Nations, where she's addressed the General Assembly in the past.

"If you don't have good values, you'll embrace vices," she says. And if we give in to the vices, "We destroy ourselves. We destroy the environment. If we can embrace [good] values, we also heal ourselves. And in the process we heal the environment."

That's the message of her new book, "Replenishing the Earth: Spiritual Values for Healing Ourselves and the World."

People learn these values from their parents, their teachers, and their religious leaders, says Maathai, whose own background is Christian.

In the 1970s, her call for African villagers to plant trees may have seemed like a simplistic response to complex environmental problems. But she realized trees hold both symbolic and practical value.

"People use trees for so many things. It was easy to get into a community to talk about trees," Maathai recalls. They provide immediate practical resources: food, firewood, and shelter. They fight soil erosion.

Today, her Billion Tree Campaign has resulted in more than 11 billion trees being planted worldwide.

Her Green Belt Movement embraces four key values: love for the environment, gratitude and respect for Earth's resources, self-empowerment and self-betterment, and the spirit of service and volunteerism.

The Green Belt followers, many of them women, take simple actions in their communities, such as tending tree nurseries, terracing their fields to curb erosion, collecting rainwater, planting home gardens, and building low-tech sand dams.

Maathai attributes her ideas as having come from "the Source" or, in a Christian context, God. But listening for ideas must also be accompanied by "an attitude that allows you to take advantage of that awakening," she writes in "Replenishing the Earth." "This entails keeping your mind, eyes, and ears open, so that when an idea arrives you'll be ready for it."

Maathai is critical of some aspects of Christianity's influence on Africa - especially theologies that suggest suffering is inevitable and that relief will come only in the next world - a view that can lead to resignation and defeatism. "I don't think God puts us here on this planet to suffer or to do nothing so that we suffer," she says.

But she's heartened that many religious traditions, including Christianity, teach that humans should be good stewards of the environment.

"People of faith ought to be in the forefront protecting this creation," says Maathai, who has also written a book on her home continent ("The Challenge for Africa") and a memoir ("Unbowed"). "I'm glad to see that even the pope has come up front to make statements in favor of the environment," she says.

In 1971, Maathai received a PhD in anatomy from the University of Nairobi, becoming the first woman from East or Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree.

She's now back in her homeland of Kenya beginning work on the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environ mental Studies at the University of Nairobi. "They want to call it after me, and I'm very flattered," she says. "They have given me 50 acres of land" on which to build.

Her institute will emphasize "learning by doing," she says, applying knowledge to real problems. "What Africa needs is people who are willing to get their fingers dirty and work with the people."

Planting trees is one way people connect with the natural world, she says. "For unless we see [nature], smell it, or touch it, we tend to forget it, and our souls wither," she writes in "Replenishing the Earth."

She continues to inspire others.

"Wangari Maathai is a unique presence on our planet," says Mary Evelyn Tucker, cofounder of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, in an e-mail. "She exudes love and joy in all she does. Her words and deeds manifest to us that Earth is a sacred community including humans, ecosystems, and all species....

"She reminds us that there is no lasting peace until we have peace with the Earth itself."

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A Nobel Peace Prize winner finds spiritual values in planting trees

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Elie Wiesels' Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

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Elie Wiesel held his Acceptance Speech on 10 December 1986, in the Oslo City Hall, Norway.

(The speech differs somewhat from the written speech.)

Elie Wiesel's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1986

It is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know: your choice transcends me. This both frightens and pleases me.

It frightens me because I wonder: do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished? Do I have the right to accept this great honor on their behalf? ... I do not. That would be presumptuous. No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.

It pleases me because I may say that this honor belongs to all the survivors and their children, and through us, to the Jewish people with whose destiny I have always identified.

I remember: it happened yesterday or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.

I remember: he asked his father: "Can this be true?" This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?

And now the boy is turning to me: "Tell me," he asks. "What have you done with my future? What have you done with your life?"

And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices. We could not prevent their deaths the first time, but if we forget them they will be killed a second time. And this time, it will be our responsibility.

And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remain silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Of course, since I am a Jew profoundly rooted in my peoples' memory and tradition, my first response is to Jewish fears, Jewish needs, Jewish crises. For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people. It would be unnatural for me not to make Jewish priorities my own: Israel, Soviet Jewry, Jews in Arab lands ... But there are others as important to me. Apartheid is, in my view, as abhorrent as anti-Semitism. To me, Andrei Sakharov's isolation is as much of a disgrace as Josef Biegun's imprisonment. As is the denial of Solidarity and its leader Lech Walesa's right to dissent. And Nelson Mandela 's interminable imprisonment.

There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention: victims of hunger, of racism, and political persecution, writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the Left and by the Right. Human rights are being violated on every continent. More people are oppressed than free. And then, too, there are the Palestinians to whose plight I am sensitive but whose methods I deplore. Violence and terrorism are not the answer. Something must be done about their suffering, and soon. I trust Israel, for I have faith in the Jewish people. Let Israel be given a chance, let hatred and danger be removed from her horizons, and there will be peace in and around the Holy Land.

Yes, I have faith. Faith in God and even in His creation. Without it no action would be possible. And action is the only remedy to indifference: the most insidious danger of all. Isn't this the meaning of Alfred Nobel's legacy? Wasn't his fear of war a shield against war?

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done. One person - a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, one person of integrity, can make a difference, a difference of life and death. As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our lives will be filled with anguish and shame. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs.

This is what I say to the young Jewish boy wondering what I have done with his years. It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express to you my deepest gratitude. No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

Thank you, Chairman Aarvik. Thank you, members of the Nobel Committee. Thank you, people of Norway, for declaring on this singular occasion that our survival has meaning for mankind.

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Desmond Tutu, a clarion voice from the pulpit during South Africans' struggle against racial apartheid, has won the £1.1m Templeton prize for advancing the "spiritual liberation" of people around the world.

The John Templeton Foundation describes the 40-year-old prize as the world's biggest annual monetary award for individuals. Tutu, who adds it to honours including the Nobel peace prize, said he was "totally bowled over".

The former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town helped keep the struggle alive during the dark years when Nelson Mandela and other activists were jailed or exiled. He went on to chair the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Ever outspoken, he has admitted sometimes feeling angry with God and two years ago wrote a book with the provocative title God is Not a Christian.

The Templeton Foundation, based in Pennsylvania in the US, praised Tutu for "his exceptional contributions to exemplifying a new and larger, living model of the benefits of religion and spiritual progress".

John Templeton Jr, president and chairman of the foundation, said: "The judges noted that archbishop Tutu's steadfastness to core Christian principles such as love and forgiveness has broken chains of hurt, pain and all-too-common instincts for revenge, and instead, has advanced the spiritual liberation of people around the world.

"As a leading moral voice for love, peace and justice, Desmond Tutu, in extending hands of a common brotherhood, is one of the world's most revered religious leaders ... during the 1970s and 1980s, he helped to focus global attention on the apartheid policies of South Africa, a dehumanising process of subverting God's equal love for all."

Tutu, 81, insisted that the honour was not his alone. He responded: "I want to say a very big thank you but I would also like to acknowledge the fact that, you know, when you are in a crowd and you stand out from the crowd it's usually because you are being carried on the shoulders of others, and therefore if you will let me, I want to acknowledge all the wonderful people who accepted me as their leader at home and so to accept this prize, as it were, in a representative capacity."

The Templeton prize was conceived by the American-born British stock investor Sir John Templeton, who felt that the Nobels recognised the contribution of science to humanity but failed to honour religion. The first winner was Mother Teresa in 1973.

Last year it went to the Dalai Lama, who immediately donated his winnings to charity. The Tibetan spiritual leader was invited to Tutu's 80th birthday celebrations in 2011 but denied a visa by the South African government, prompting fierce condemnation from the archbishop emeritus.

Neither is as controversial as the 2011 winner, Britain's astronomer royal, Lord Rees, who was criticised by fellow scientists who argued that the Templeton Foundation's main objective was to spread religion. Rees, an atheist, insisted that "big questions", including those posed by cosmology, "are central to the Templeton Foundation's agenda".

Tutu, who retired from public life in 2010 but remains publicly outspoken, not least in criticising the governing African National Congress, will receive the prize at a ceremony at London's Guildhall on 21 May. A celebration will also be held in Cape Town on 11 April at St George's Cathedral, which became known as "the people's cathedral" when he served there as archbishop from 1986 to 1996.

The Templeton Foundation states: "The monetary value of the prize is set always to exceed the Nobel prizes to underscore Templeton's belief that benefits from discoveries that illuminate spiritual questions can be quantifiably more vast than those from other worthy human endeavours."
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Desmond Tutu, a clarion voice from the pulpit during South Africans' struggle against racial apartheid, has won the £1.1m Templeton prize for advancing the "spiritual liberation" of people around the world. The John Templeton Foundation describes the 40-year-old prize as the world's biggest annual monetary award for individuals.

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Ethiopia's Evangelical Prime Minister Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Recognized for stewarding a breakthrough peace agreement with Eritrea with a "revivalist" spirit, Abiy Ahmed also helped end a historic church schism among the Orthodox.

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Hyundai has launched the latest campaign for the new Hyundai Santa Fe, bringing peace to family travel, created by its newly transformed creative agency, Innocean Australia.

The Santa Fe has long established itself as an award-winning favourite amongst Australian large SUV buyers as an innovative, luxurious family SUV. In a homogenous category from a campaign perspective, Innocean's strategy was to position the new Santa Fe as the perfect antidote to family chaos, as it has been intelligently designed with today's families in mind. Intuitive design features create an environment that helps resolve family tension, making everyone comfortable and happier when on the road.

The campaign idea, Little Angels, was developed from an insight that in the midst of family chaos, parents are striving to achieve their own personal moments of harmony. The campaign sees two bickering siblings instantly transformed into little angels complete with harps, singing Enya's 80's classic Orinocco Flow in perfect harmony. The world outside the Santa Fe is populated by a motorcycle courier transformed into a gallant white horseman, a levitating windscreen squeegee lady and a busload of elderly people who join the celestial choir.

Says Kevin Goult, chief marketing officer, Hyundai Australia: "With a significant number of new product launches in 2021 we're starting the year as we intend to finish it, with spectacular creative that pushes the Hyundai brand forward. The new Santa Fe model is up first. It's more grown up, more premium, and more technologically advanced than ever before, just like the Hyundai marketing team and its agencies."

Says Wes Hawes, executive creative officer, Innocean Australia: "As parents we've all been there. Peace At Last is an enduring platform idea for the Santa Fe that resonates with families and just keeps getting better creatively. Director Michael Spiccia's vision, paired with trusting, ambitious clients like Hyundai, and the talented team at Innocean Australia, help bring this angelically fun campaign to life. And Enya of course."

Says Michael Spiccia, director, Scoundrel: "It was a real joy to service an idea that inherited so much fun and potential. I was grateful that the entire team were all on board from the very beginning. Especially from a client who instilled so much faith and trust to really support a direction that we were all excited about."

The fully integrated campaign is the first off the ranks under the new Innocean leadership team. It launches across digital video, social, CRM, TV, cinema, transit media and point of sale.

Says Jasmin Bedir, CEO, Innocean Australia: "The new Hyundai Santa Fe campaign is the first reflection of what you can expect from Innocean Australia this year and beyond. After transforming the agency with new hires across a range of skills to deliver a multi-channel, integrated approach, it's exciting to see the work also transform to what we have the ability to achieve for clients."

Client: Hyundai
Director of Marketing: Kevin Goult
Product Portfolio Marketing Manager: Helen Gilmartin
Product Marketing Specialist: Lisa Yau

Creative Agency: Innocean Australia
Executive Creative Director: Wes Hawes
Creative Director: Dan O'Connell
Creative Team: Dan O'Connell and V. Wassim Kanaan
Head of Strategy: Karl Bates
Head of CX: Romy Briers
Client Partner: Ian Hartley
Snr Account Director: Vincent Pled
Account Director: Sarah Gardan
Director of Integrated Production: Craig Sloane
Integrated Producer: Louis Moore
Snr Integrated Producer: Warrick Nicholson
Finished art/Design Juliana Bacmaga
Digital Production: Amanda Davis
Social Media Manager: Taylah Nilsson

Production Company: Scoundrel
Director: Michael Spiccia
Executive Producer: Kate Gooden
Executive Producer: Adrian Shapiro
DOP: Jeremy Rouse
Production Design: Sherree Phillips
Casting: Allison Meadows - Mullinars Casting
Editor: Mark Burnett, The Editors
Colourist: Ben Eagleton
VFX: Fin Design & Effects

Sound Post Production and Music: Sonar Music
Track: Enya - Orinocco Flow
Music Clearance - Anton Trailer - Trailer Media
Photography: Michael Corridore, Photoplay. Media: Hearts and Science

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Secular Songs About Faith

My mother didn't see it coming when my 5-year-old nephew looked at her with big doe eyes and asked, "Nana, do you know God?" What a loaded question for a child to ask an agnostic. She replied that she had heard of Him, then changed the subject.

People rarely keep religion to themselves. They talk about spirituality with others whether it's welcomed or not. They broadcast their beliefs on bumper stickers and t-shirts. And yes, they certainly sing about it.

While we all know what to expect from a gospel song, you might not expect faith to infuse pop, rock, and country songs as much as it does. But listen closely because it's there. Popular singers are no exception to proselytizing. There is plenty of prayer, witnessing for Christ, and talking to God in secular music.

Make a playlist of inspirational secular songs about God, faith and church, if that's the way you roll. And if not, then make this an intellectual challenge to see how many of these pop, rock, and country songs you've heard of. We won't judge, either way.

1. "Something in the Water" by Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood is no stranger to mixing her music with her religion. She grew up singing in chuch. This 2015 crossover hit won a Grammy and topped both the country and Christian charts. It describes the change that took place in a young woman's life after she was baptized.

2. "Believe" by Brooks & Dunn

In this 2005 country song, a narrator recalls an influential old man from his childhood who was a faithful follower of Christ. The man has recently died, leaving the narrator to reflect on life and the everafter:

3. "What If God Was One of Us?" by Joan Osborne

Look for some thought-provoking questions in this 1995 rock song by Joan Osborne, a one-hit wonder. It'll make you think about how you treat other people. The underlying message is that God is in us all, imperfect as we may each be.

4. "You Found Me" by The Fray

The narrator in this 2008 rock song sees God on a street corner and confronts Him about not being there when tragedies struck. He feels abandoned and is searching for answers about why bad things happen to good people.

5. "Back to God" by Reba McEntire

Country singer Reba McEntire puts her faith front and center with this 2017 song. It urges others who are experiencing heartbreak, disappointment, and life tragedies to give the world back to God.

Reba divorced her husband of 26 years in late 2015, and he began a serious relationship with one of her couple's friends. Ouch.

The narrator in this hard rock song from 2007 seeks forgiveness and a break with the sins of the past. He regrets past actions and wants a clean slate: " Let mercy come and wash away what I've done."

7. "My Church" by Maren Morris

If you don't go to church, this 2016 country song may make you want to. The narrator acknowledges that she has cussed, cheated, and lied but finds redemption when she listens to country music. Call her spiritual but not religious.

8. "When I Get Where I'm Going" by Brad Paisley (Featuring Dolly Parton)

In this 2005 country song, the narrator is looking forward to the day he can shed the early struggles and pain that have been weighing him down in this life. He hopes that when he meets his Maker, he will sing with the angels, see his loved ones that have passed on, and stand in the light forever.

9. "Arms Wide Open" by Creed

When my daughter was born, I felt transformed because I wasn't just living for myself anymore. I had another person depending on me for survival and mentoring.

The birth of one's first child is an awe-inspiring, life changing event, and this 2000 rock song won a Grammy Award for good reason. It portrays a new father's earnest prayer to teach his child how to embrace the world with arms wide open.

10. "God's Will" by Martina McBride

The narrator in this 2004 country song recounts meeting and getting to know a physically disabled child who was selfless in that he prayed for everyone but himself. His faithful devotion to God showed her the truth.

11. "I Can Only Imagine" by Wyonna Judd

Wyonna Judd gets choked up when she sings this touching 2005 country song. It was first recorded by Christian rock group MercyMe and crossed over to mainstream charts.

The tune describes the hopeful wondering of what it will be like when the narrator stands before God:

Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel?
Will I dance for You Jesus, or in awe of You be still?
Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?
Will I sing "Hallelujah," will I be able to speak at all?
I can only imagine.

12. "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood

Driving home on a snowy night with her infant in the backseat, a young mother loses control of her car. Fortunately, they both survive the incident, and she credits Jesus for steering her to safety. Immediately following the harrowing event, she recommits herself to Christ, letting Him take the wheel in steering her life.

This 2005 country ballad was Carrie Underwood's first single on her debut album, and it won two Grammy Awards. Carrie Underwood was the 2005 winner of the fourth season of American Idol competition.

13. "Brother" by Needtobreathe (Featuring Gavin DeGraw)

The Christian rock band Needtobreathe achieved this crossover hit in 2015 with this heartfelt tune. It describes the loving kinship that exists between fellow human beings-a comraderie that mirrors God's love for humanity:

14. "Shine" by Collective Soul

This uplifting rock song from 1993 is a prayer in which the narrator asks God to show him a sign. He asks that the Holy Spirit's light shine down on him from heaven and teach him the way.

In a sad irony, the shooter in the Virginia Tech Massacre reportedly listened to this song obsessively and even scrawled some of its lyrics on his dorm room wall. Allowing that tragedy to be this song's legacy betrays the pure and spiritual message of this lovely song.

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171 Pop, Rock and Country Songs About God, Faith, and Church

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My mother didn't see it coming when my 5-year-old nephew looked at her with big doe eyes and asked, "Nana, do you know God?" What a loaded question for a child to ask an agnostic. She replied that she had heard of Him, then changed the subject. People rarely keep religion to themselves.

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1. Gardening or planting (simply getting hands in the soil can be spiritual)

2. Guided meditation (use an app like Headspace if you don’t feel comfortable leading it yourself)

3. Search for where you can get healing crystals near you and invite a representative to give a virtual lecture to residents. You can also have crystals for them to take home.

4. Walk a labyrinth

5. Color a mandala

6. Listen to different types of spiritual music, including Native American healing music or healing sound bath music

7. Pass out gratitude journals for residents to write down three things they are thankful for each day

8. Practice yoga or tai chi

9. Practice deep breathing techniques

10. Read poems or thoughts from inspirational writers like Hafiz or Gandhi

11. Host daily moments of silence or intentional solitude

12. Have a place where residents can pick up an inspirational stone

13. Post encouraging words throughout your community

14. Set an intention or mantra for the day with interested residents each morning (I am healthy, my family is safe, I am strong, etc.)

15. Put a “worry jar” somewhere in your community where residents can write down their worries and leave them in the jar as a sign of letting them go

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1. Login to virtual church services on Sunday mornings

2. Host weekly devotionals for residents (don’t worry if you aren’t overly religious, most books will walk you right through it)

3. Schedule video chats or phone calls with pastors or church volunteers and interested residents

4. Play worship music or concerts

5. Pass out daily Bible verses to interested residents

6. Observe important religious holidays. If you aren’t sure how to do it, call a local church or temple to get realistic ideas

7. Host daily prayer times

8. Start a prayer and praise jar where residents can write down their prayer requests or praises

9. Create a holy corner in your community where residents can feel comfortable praying for themselves or others

10. Have a Bible verse of the week that interested residents can read, meditate on, and even memorize

11. Welcome St. Joseph into your garden at your community

12. Speaking of Saints, choose a Saint of the Week to learn more about. Even non-Catholics will enjoy learning about Saints and how they overcame their challenges

13. Work with a local church to coordinate communion. Remember, communion doesn’t have to be all about the right wine and wafers. It’s the intention behind it. Asking your dining department to make freshly baked bread and grape juice is perfect.

14. Order votive flameless candles and have them available for residents to take and light in their room

15. Sing hymns alone or together, inside or in the courtyard

16. Start a prayer chain, with construction paper links that residents can add to

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Psalm 31, You Are My Strength (a new musical setting)