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IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT MIGHT GROW into a comeback story for the ages, a story of rebirth. At least that's the ideal scenario to those who cheer on the revival of Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines.

EACH OF US HAS A RIGHT TO BE FREE IN EVERY WAY, including from negative mental influences. If anyone feels trapped or limited by such influences, Christian Science can help by showing how to think rightly about ourselves and those around us.

MARY BAKER EDDY WROTE a brief but very important chapter in Science and Health titled "Animal Magnetism Unmasked. " For those early in their study of Christian Science, the term animal magnetism may sound (as it initially did to me) like some semimysterious jargon, unique to Christian Science.

1. Currently pursuing a master's degree in Biblical studies at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana, Deanna Mummert is also a faculty member for the annual Bible Study Seminars at Pacific Grove, California, and teaches ethics at John Hopkins University.

When the Christian Science Board of Lectureship was established by Mary Baker Eddy in 1898 it consisted of five English-speaking members, all living in the United States. This lecture year (July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009) there are 54 lecturers living in 18 countries throughout the world.

THE COMMUTER TRAIN FROM Darien, Connecticut, to Grand Central Station was right on time. I got on board and settled into an aisle seat.

WHEN I THINK TO DIFFERENT STAGES of my life, I usually think about the books I was reading at the time. I've loved reading since the day I picked up Charlotte's Web at the age of eight.

Everything that my husband, Lynde, wrote happened as he tells it. We had two small children and we were completely renovating our home at the time—from the foundation to the roof.

I WAS SITTING ON A BOULDER IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAST-MOVING river, taking in the beauty of the mountains and forest around me, when an unexpected thought hit me: my wife had found someone else. I had just spent three glorious summer days with several friends climbing and hiking in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, scaling three peaks in an exhausting and exhilarating trek.

On a visit to Brazil's capital, noted for its modern curving architecture, a friend pointed out another feature of Brasilia's design. Traffic circles, or roundabouts, encourage traffic flow through merging instead of stopping.