Embracing Faith and Resilience: Insights by Barack Obama

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Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. As we do, may God hold close those who have been taken from us too soon.

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Jesus lived a life of peace, love, kindness and forgiveness, during the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, may we all do our best to follow his example.

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That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

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I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

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A nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.

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What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It’s hard to empathize with people who have different values than you.

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We are God’s partners in matters of life and death.

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The world doesn’t just revolve around you. There’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

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