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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.

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.