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Among The New By-Laws that appeared in the sixth edition of the Manual of The Mother Church, published in 1897, was this: "No member of this Church shall use written formulas, or permit his patients or his students to use them as auxiliaries to teaching Christian Science, or for healing the sick. Whatever is requisite for either is contained in the books of the Discover and Founder of Christian Science; and no other authority is needed, and no other will be sought or used, by the loyal Christian Scientist.

1. Working with Bible scholar Galen Goldsmith meant catching up with her by e-mail when she was "sitting on the marble floor of the Biblical Pontifical institute in Rome during a break of the international Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature.

Keeping abreast of the times these days is like being in a footrace with a bullet train! Maybe you know the feeling of finally mastering a new technology only to discover that it's already out-of-date. But while technology changes, the Science of Christ doesn't.

LOOKING AT A PHOTO TAKEN DURING A TRIP to visit our family in China two years ago brought back happy memories and a Bible verse that helped me. On our third day there, I chose this as my inspirational theme for the day, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" ( Ps.

"WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT?" As a college senior, that's a question I'm asked frequently. The truth is, I don't know yet.

MY LIFE, AS I KNEW IT, WAS OVER. After 15 years of honorable service in the United State Army, a military court martial convicted and sentenced me to life in prison.

THE MOMENT WE BEGIN TO THINK SOMEONE is better than we are, or inferior, we set ourselves up for less-than-happy feelings. I remember the overwhelming anger I felt when I was ten after something happened at home that confirmed, in my mind, what I had felt for some time—that my parents favored my younger brother.

LOOKING AT OUR WORLD TODAY, what do we see? Are we overwhelmed by the vast problems of war, hunger, social and economic turmoil, and a constantly deteriorating environment because that's what the media constantly project? Are we tempted to believe that while Christian or any other sincere prayer may be effective in our personal lives, humanity's problems are simply too big for any one individual to cope with, however dedicated he or she may be? Some years ago, I had an experience that showed me how prayer not only helps to leaven world thinking but can bring protection to individuals. I was a member of a team of journalists on The Christian Science Monitor.

SOME YEARS AGO I WORKED IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE, during a period of racial hostility that led to armed conflict in that country. A simple experience showed me that we never need be deprived of an awareness of God's ever-present love.

HE SWUNG THE SLEDGE HAMMER. The boulder cracked beautifully in two.