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THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. You're a student at a university and you've been given the week's lesson by a history professor.

WHEN I RETURNED TO CHURCH after a 15-year absence, it was to a Sunday service at a small Christian Science Society. How small? Well, that day I was the only person in the congregation and one of the Readers doubled on the piano, accompanying the hymns.

WHATEVER THE DISCIPLES' DIFFERENCES may have been in language, opinion, or custom, one thing was certain that day they gathered in Jerusalem. They were united in their love for Jesus and his teachings.

IT'S NATURAL TO WANT PRAYER TO BE EFFECTIVE. Whether you're praying for someone else or for yourself, when you sit down to pray you're hoping for healing.

THERE IS AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB, "Open a book and it will open you. " And that, I must say, is exactly what happened to me.

ONE DAY, WHILE TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE, Jesus was interrupted by a group of scribes and Pharisees, members of the religious hierarchy. They had brought with them a woman who had been caught in the act of committing adultery (see John 8:1–11).

When Christian Scientists shop in bookstores, the words of the Manual of The Mother Church, Article VIII, Section 12, might well come to mind: "A member of this Church shall not patronize a publishing house or bookstore that has for sale obnoxious books" ( p. 44 ).

1. Christian Science practitioner and teacher David Robertson said he was struck by the international nature of the early Christian church as described in the book of Acts.

I HAD MANY GOOD REASONS for hating the American Midwest, or so I thought. Severe weather, minimal city services, decaying infrastructure, thriving casinos.

AS A CHAPLAIN CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY, I attended chaplain school at Fort Jackson in South Carolina last summer. The six weeks of instruction were part of the final stage of military training necessary for becoming an active duty Army chaplain.