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A lesson from a character in the Bible brings a healing of identity theft.

My older son and I left a small camp in central Missouri with about $60 and a rental car. Our goal was to drive to Chicago, then take a train home to Boston.

Recently, I have had many opportunities to pray about relationships. Since moving to South Korea to teach English for a year, I’ve had to face the challenges of maintaining consistent contact with those I love back home, making new friendships here, and even addressing relationships in a larger context, including the shaky relations between North and South Korea.

When I was elected to serve as First Reader, I was a shy and uncertain member of a small Christian Science church. Although I was in my 20s and felt very inexperienced, I knew from my prayer that this was the right place for me to be and the right time for me to be there.

I often watch the television program Antiques Roadshow. It’s one of my favorites.

Several years ago our son was participating in a round-the-world sailboat race, which took about nine months. The finish line was in Southampton, England, which is up the English Channel.

Travel can be an opportunity for advancing spiritually by following God’s direction, as I have learned.   A couple of years ago my husband and I took a river boat cruise from Vienna to the Black Sea.

As I was listening to the children’s testimonies, and testimonies involving children, at an online Christian Science Wednesday testimony meeting, I found myself relishing the simple, childlike thoughts and spiritual truths that were being expressed. There were no fancy words, no intricate explanations—just clear reliance on the basic principles learned from Sunday School and parents.

Have you ever had a dream where you could fly, where you had the ability to take off, soar, and look down on scenes below? I had such a dream recently. I could move sideways and up and down.

I had put my house up for sale well in advance of my moving date. Six months was plenty of time, I figured.