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Years ago, a woman called me in tears. She said she was facing "severe challenges.

There are many phrases particular to Australian-English, and one of my favorites is "good on you," or more accurately, "good on-ya. " It's used when someone achieves something or does a good deed, and is comparable to the British "well done" or the American "good for you.

HUMANITY YEARNS FOR HEALTH. As Mary Baker Eddy noted, ".

The author talks about dispersing "the mist of dualistic thinking—that Spirit and matter both exist" and seeing that "the universe is entirely Spirit-created."

AS MONITOR EDITOR Richard Bergenheim moves into his new assignment as President of The Mother Church, we're happy to announce the election of John Yemma as Editor of The Christian Science Monitor. He rejoined the Monitor in mid-July, after 20 years at The Boston Globe, most recently serving as Deputy Managing Editor for Multimedia.

NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, Richard Bergenheim, C. S.

1. "Never underestimate the power of the Bible," says Helen Mathis, who earned her master's degree in Biblical studies in 1998.

I HAD BEEN COMMISSIONED to fill—within one month—three museum gallery spaces with pen-and-ink drawings as backdrops for Japanese ikebana flower arrangements. I had little time to waste! The drawings had to be simple and well-composed interpretations of nature—specifically, mountain streams, rocks, and vegetation.

EVERYWHERE WE LOOK we hear about models: car models, business models, glamour models, role models, They're prototypes, representatives, concepts, and, in some cases, our heroes. Take the men and women whom magazines often feature.

I'll never forget the words said to me one day seven years ago: "They are clearly your children. " The day before, my husband and I had finalized the adoption of our six-year-old twin daughters from Russia.