Interviews

To hear Marjorie Lord speak of her acting days isn't just to be transported from Broadway to Hollywood and back to the stage again—or simply to relive artistic accomplishments and famous roles played. It's to go deeper, and stand in awe of the countless examples of the one divine actor at work.

PAUL GRIMES: "I just love the practice. I just love it.

Bob Holcomb grew up in California, but now lives in Concord, Massachusetts—the place where Ralph Waldo Emerson, the father of the transcendental movement, and Henry David Thoreau, famous for his book, Walden, pondered the nature of the human spirit. In his work as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, Bob deeply explores the spiritual nature of reality and proves its relevance in many different venues.

"I never start a lesson by seeing somebody who has a problem that needs fixing," says golf instructor Laird Small. "That's helpful because many golfers have negative mindsets.

LOIS CARLSON loves music, people who love music, and living IN Chicago's West Loop neighborhood in a rehabbed industrial building with walls so thick she can play her piano fortissimo and not bother the neighbors. But it's too bad her neighbors can't hear her laugh, either—Lois's rolling, laugh-with-me, healing kind of laugh that can zap pretense and demolish fear.

According to metaphysician WILLIAM MOODY, to heal others as Jesus did requires humility—humility that springs from the assurance that we are God's divine ideas and thus coexistent with the infinite Mind that created and maintains us. WILLIAM MOODY found Christian Science in college when a friend shared a copy of Science and Health that she purchased for ten cents at a used book fair.

Think spring break, senior year of college, and you don't normally imagine the genesis of an internationally recognized think tank. Then again, meet Traci Fenton , founder and CEO of WorldBlu, Inc.

OLGA CHAFFEE  lives at the top of a little hill in San Diego, California. The house is modest, but the view is generous.

Prayer wasn't a last resort for Kim and Ben Moyer when they had their son, Blake. In fact, it was the first step they took.

Spending two weeks crossing Alaska in below-freezing temperatures with only dogs for company might not be everyone's idea of fun, but clearly Lachlan Clarke isn't just anyone. From his past experience as a running back in a professional football farm league, to his work as wrangler on a Colorado ranch, to his idea of a relaxing weekend—competing in the Australian horseback-riding sport of polocrosse—it's plain that Lachlan loves a good challenge.