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Saturday, Oct. 04, 2008

Times of tribulation

It takes a lot of faith to stay positive as financial world withers

Gas prices are soaring. People are being evicted from their homes over defaulted mortgages. Retirement investments are losing value.

But suggestions are meager. Most predictions sound dire. And the near future looks grim.

And the woes of Wall Street are creating more misery on Main Street. It takes a lot of faith, even for people of faith, to stay positive as our financial world seems to crumble.

It seems it might take a miracle, such as the kind that turned water in to wine, to fix our economy.

We asked people in the faith community for advice on ways to get through hard economic times. Here are their responses.

• In sour times, little things mean a lot — really

• Remember God's covenant with man

• God's love gives us a basis for hope

• A time of need is a time for giving

• We must be there for each other

• What we need most is one another