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Have you ever noticed how most little children play together harmoniously in a sandbox or schoolyard, but sometimes there's a kid who tries to grab all the toys or bully others? There may be many opinions about where this tendency comes from, but most of us would agree it has some connection with a desire to be first. The king of the mountain.

Christmas reminds me of a question I often ask myself: Why do I care so much about Jesus? Would I have been in those crowds who followed him when he lived in Galilee? What would have convinced me to follow him? His kindness and grace? His power to heal sick people? Would I have recognized my own calling to participate in his mission—destroying oppression, injustice, and self-absorption? Would I have been willing to bind up the brokenhearted? A lot of people thought it was amazing that Jesus could provide food for thousands. That he could turn water into wine.

Children Love Lying Awake at night, imagining the gifts they're going to open on Christmas morning. It's always special to be promised a gift.

Many Christian Scientists have had occasion to consult the last section of the Manual of The Mother Church known as the Appendix. It includes sample applications for Mother Church membership, Orders of Service for Christian Science churches and Sunday Schools, and several legal documents relating to the establishment of The Mother Church.

This Series Of Articles will be unusual in a number of ways. First of all, its roots can be found in a statement from the Christian Science Board of Directors in the June 2006 Journal and in extensive discussions among members of the Board over the last several years.

Our Sunday School in Belfast may be modest in size, but it's a very happy one. We have always included the youngest of the children—babies from birth—in their own class in the Sunday School room.

I Am Christian Science Nurse , and I traveled to Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo with the TMC Youth team for the recent Summits. One of our group, a Christian Science practitioner, was really interested in visiting an orphanage.

1. This month, Christian Science practitioner John Rinnert of Montana, answers a reader's question about the "day of judgment" for our Q&A column.

AS A YOUNG CHILD, I spent many hours in my grandmother's garden. Grandma loved her flowers, and I loved them, too.

THE DUTCH CALLED HER "NEW AMSTERDAM," Washington Irving dubbed her "Gotham," Frank Sinatra sang, she's "a city, that doesn't sleep. " And on my first visit to New York City at age seven, I called her a dream.