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MAKE IT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC: 7 tips to get yourself through quarantine and self-isolation

Kenzie Ariel·May 17, 2020
Many people, during this time of quarantine and self-isolation, have a lot of free time on their hands. This may...
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FAITH OR BELIEF: Choose faith in these troubled times

Forrest Rivers·May 13, 2020
Faith is a beautiful thing. It can be compared to a budding flower, intuitively growing into its purpose to inspire...
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REFLECTIONS ON THE PANDEMIC: Isolation makes me aware of what is necessary, as opposed to what is needed

Arthur Hoyle·May 11, 2020
Lately, I’ve become a bit melancholy under our social lockdown. Not because I mind staying at home most of the...
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6 WEEKS OF SHELTER-IN-PLACE: Personally and socially, where is this leading?

Max Reif·April 29, 2020
We’re all living in the middle pages of one of those dystopian sci-fi novels that I used to avoid. No...
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CREATIVITY IS ESSENTIAL: 10 ways for artists to stay motivated

Siobhan Searle·April 29, 2020
I recently saw a tweet by Stephen King that said, “If you think artists are useless try to spend your...
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SOCIAL DISTANCING: 5 important questions to ask yourself each day

Molly Crockett·April 26, 2020
At first, staying at home and social distancing during a global pandemic may seem like a staycation, but eventually, that...
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CHALLENGING TIMES: Forgiveness can ease stress and boost immunity

David Lusch·April 22, 2020
As the world wrestles with many challenges, including communicable diseases, natural disasters, political turmoil and more, people need simple, effective...
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PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE I SEE ON TV: Poetry by Max Reif

Max Reif·April 20, 2020
I pray for the peopleI see on TV,the ones havinga hard timeand the onestrying to help: for the news anchors,who...
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3 REVELATIONS: An urgent letter from Earth to humanity amid crisis

Forrest Rivers·April 16, 2020
Dear Humanity, Earth here. Remember me? This is your eternal mother who feeds you, quenches your thirst and gives you...
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A MINDFUL HOME DURING A SCARY TIME: 5 connections to help ground our children

Deidre Mastandrea·April 14, 2020
The day New Jersey closed schools feels like a lifetime ago, but it was actually less than a month ago....
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FROM CRISIS TO CONFLICT TO CLARITY: Understanding our feelings and reactions during our pandemic

James Farwell·April 12, 2020
In the past few days, CNN mentioned something about the rise in domestic violence since ‘stay in place orders’ have...
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COVID-19 IN AMERICA: Will contending with a pandemic within a political theatre of the absurd lead us to a New Age?

Max Reif·April 3, 2020
We seem to be powerless in relation to a U.S. President, elected with 3 million votes fewer than his opponent,...
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A PANDEMIC OF HOPE: Poetry by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·March 30, 2020
As fast as the virus and then some, Love is spreading. In the hands of doctors and nurses, it spreads....
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FEARLESS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: What having an anxiety disorder during a pandemic has taught me

Anjali·March 29, 2020
I sat down to write this article a few times, but each time resulted in me staring at a blank...
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UNITY AND COMPASSION: The moment of our collective awakening has arrived

Forrest Rivers·March 28, 2020
Amid all the fearful media coverage and chaos surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic lies a hidden truth that is just...
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: “Pandemic” and “Looking at a photo of Miss Lindahl’s 5th-grade class, 1959”

Max Reif·March 24, 2020
Pandemic (a villanelle) We cannot ascertain how grave things are,Or where they’ll lead, by looking out windows,As “bug” and economic...
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CLIMATE OF FEAR: 5 ways that we can inwardly evolve in these troubled times

Forrest Rivers·March 20, 2020
The world is in a panic about the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this still-emerging global outbreak, schools and universities...
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“SUPER” PANDEMIC: The virus that spreads fear and harvests control

Jane Olivier·January 18, 2012
A newspaper headline screams “DOCTORS MISS NEW SUPER VIRUS”, and I am not sure whether to laugh, snort, choke or scream myself. Even viruses ...
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