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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.

BE IT KNOWN THAT I, Mary Baker G. Eddy of Concord, New Hampshire, in consideration of one dollar to me paid by Edward P.

The 1898 Deed of Trust for The Christian Science Publishing Society is more than an interesting historical document. It is an integral part of Mary Baker Eddy's inspired design for her Church.

I still remember the stern look on my wife's grandfather as we talked. He was quite skeptical about my choice of career.

It's been said that almost every grade school girl at some period dreams of owning a horse, and almost every teenage boy involved in athletics dreams of competing in the Olympics and/or playing in the majors—baseball, soccer, etc. But only a small percent of girls and boys realize their dreams.