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I LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR MAY. IT READ: Thursday: depart Melbourne Friday: arrive in Los Angeles; fly to Christian Science association [in mid-western US] Saturday: Christian Science association Sunday: London/Frankfort Monday: Bangkok/Sydney Tuesday: return to Melbourne At the time, my husband and I were living in Australia, and when we left our home for this trip around the globe, I was not feeling my best.

A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO , a friend remarked, "Beware of curiosity. " That sounded profound and caught my attention, but I wasn't quite sure what he meant by it.

The research staff of The Mary Baker Eddy Library often answers historical questions about By-Laws found in the Manual of The Mother Church. Why do this? Well, a historical approach to the Manual can be helpful in understanding many of its By-Laws.

1. An avid Bible scholar, Sara Gallant takes special interest in searching both the Old and New Testaments in their original languages.

This Christmas season the world yearns for peace—perhaps more than ever. Not only in war-torn countries around the globe, but every individual, no matter what country, no matter what religion or non-religion—every one seeks some kind of peace.

Near where I live in portland, oregon, tall cottonwoods line the far bank of the Willamette River. These quiet sentinels of nature, though shorn of their leaves in wintertime, still blot out most of the lights on the opposing side at night.

God is with us every moment, guiding our every move, our career, even when it feels as though we're taking those steps alone. THE SUMMER OF 2004 I strutted around Washington, DC, like a queen.

Some years ago, while reading to my daughter, I came across a description of the December holidays in a children's magazine. The article explained Christmas as a day celebrating the birth of a baby.

EVERY DAY WE FACE VIVID IMAGES, NEWS ITEMS , and sometimes personal challenges stemming from the notion that we live in a world plagued by scarcity, diminished opportunity, and downward economic spirals. And yet in Genesis, the Scriptures pronounce man (including male and female) as made in the image and likeness of God.

By the 1880s, every Christmas brought numerous gifts to Mary Baker Eddy. They came from family, friends, grateful students, and other Christian Scientists.