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The way home

The way home

Rosane Pereira

It was wintertime and I had just arrived in the state of Goa, the former Portuguese colony on the southwest coast of India. I was a long way from my home country of Brazi... »

Lost in Liverpool

Lost in Liverpool

Rosane Pereira

Since I was a little girl, I have heard that God is omnipresent. I used to have a vague idea of it, like some cosmic energy, but since then, I have had some experiences t... »

Getting to know Jesus

Getting to know Jesus

Rosane Pereira

I grew up in a Christian family, but when I was a teenager, feeling overwhelmed over the world’s problems caused me to start doubting my faith. When I was 18, though, my... »

The most we can do

The most we can do

Rosane Pereira

In my turn-of-the year cleanup, I found an old yearbook. I smiled as I read down the very long list of my resolutions for that year. I guess I had high expectations of my... »

Two lives to imitate

Two lives to imitate

Rosane Pereira

My grandmother Sabina was a saint that I had the privilege to meet personally. She had no birth certificate, but went to school long enough to learn how to read well. She... »

Where is your treasure?

Where is your treasure?

Rosane Pereira

As a child, I loved to visit my grandmother Sabina’s small house in the mountains. Aunt Iota lived next door, so my sister and I would spend our days exploring with our c... »

Follow the melody

Follow the melody

Rosane Pereira

In The Sound of Music [[Robert Wise. 20th Century Fox, 1965.]], the mother superior tells Fraulein Maria, the boisterous postulant nun, to leave the convent to help a mot... »

Help comes from the Lord

Help comes from the Lord

Rosane Pereira

A missionary’s husband passed away at the age of 37, leaving her with seven children aged seven months to 14 years old. Her husband was in the process of emigrating from... »

Getting an early start

Getting an early start

Rosane Pereira

I recently took my teenage son to an ecotourism project in the big Complexo do Alemão group of favelas [slums] in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are cable gondola... »

Dance according to the music

Dance according to the music

Rosane Pereira

We can learn a lot about coping with change from the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof. [[Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.]] The story takes place at the... »

Discovering faith

Discovering faith

Rosane Pereira

I grew up in a Christian family, but at 13 I declared that I was an atheist. When I was 18, I left my hometown of Rio de Janeiro with a backpack and set off to see the wo... »

Day by day

Day by day

Rosane Pereira

As I begin this New Year, I am reminded of that popular song of the 1970s: “Day by day, day by day, oh, dear Lord, three things I pray: To see thee more clearly, love the... »