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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.

1. Recently Genelle Austin-Lett was discussing with her Bible study group the Nativity story, told in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

OREGON, US : Nearing the end of a day of skiing in deep snow high on a ridge in the Siskiyou mountains, my two companions and I search for a spot to camp. My parka hood is drawn tight against a cutting winter wind that drives snow pellets into my face.

I SPENT THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF DECADES OF MY LIFE like a lost sheep that had wandered from his shepherd. I had looked everywhere for happiness and meaning in life.

When I woke up on Thanksgiving Day in 1994 , I knew it wasn't going to be only a holiday of gratitude and celebration. It would also be a pivotal day for me.

Every day we are confronted with the headlines : Escalating Economic Gloom Ahead. Homes and jobs lost.