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MOST PEOPLE YEARN TO HAVE DIRECTION IN THEIR LIVES, the feeling that they are working toward a worthwhile goal—that they have a mission. They may spend years in the quest for answers to questions like: "What should I be doing with my life?" and "Where am I going?" Some seek answers through employment, many through self-help books, and others through counseling.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I've enjoyed doing an in-depth study of the Bible. One of the things that led me to this study is that I was wondering what made some of the individual people of the Bible so great.

WHAT AN EXPANDING ADVENTURE it can be to catch glimpses of the radiant womanhood of God that reveals "the highest ideal of Love"! Isn't it wonderful that not one of us—either man or woman—is defined by the Eve-type mentality put forth in Genesis 2 in the Bible? Eve is not just a woman—she represents a state of thought that is vulnerable to the suggestions of "the serpent"—of being incomplete, separate from God, the one Mind. Lacking divine wisdom, this mental state naively believes what it sees with the material senses and is bolstered by the serpent's promise—being made wise by believing that both evil and good comprise all that is real.

ONE MIGHT INDEED WONDER. It does seem that the world at large is not yet ready for the spiritualization of thought and Christianization of life-practice that this Science demands.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF YOURSELF IN THAT LIGHT? Maybe a child of the Sunday School. But think of what it means to be "a child of the Church.

One of the more detailed historical statements by Mary Baker Eddy appears in her Message to The Mother Church for 1901, where she speaks of her parents' religious devotion as well as the examples of a number of clergymen who influenced her from childhood, up to her discovery of Christian Science. These men were Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists.

WHEN I was preparing for my spring lectures, I gave a lot of thought to two questions: What would it be like to be a modern-day disciple of Christ? What did Jesus set before me as my model? I came across some touching ways Jesus talked to God as his Father and author of his life purpose. This is how he saw his mission: "I have glorified thee on the earth" ( John 17:4 ).

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A VERY LITTLE BOY, as I was doing the dishes one day, inadvertently I stepped on my dog's toe. He yelped, but then looked up and forgave me immediately.

IT WAS 7 A. M.

In these pages we've gathered several shorter items—articles of less than a page in length and excerpts from longer manuscripts that offer useful, inspiring insights. We hope you enjoy this kind of short-form nourishment in each issue.