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FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN A BOY SCOUT I've had the ultimate goal of becoming an Eagle Scout—the highest rank in Scouting. Two years ago I began a journey to find the "perfect" Eagle scout Leadership Service project, one that would challenge me while making a difference in my community.

Branch churches and societies all over are prayerfully considering how to support Sunday graduates as they transition to the services. Here are a few approaches.

As a Sunday School superintendent in a large city, I've had the opportunity to meet hundreds of young people, some of whom will be "graduating" this year (at age twenty) from our Christian Science Sunday School. Many are comfortable with the step, while others really struggle.

We know practically nothing about one of the more spiritually minded individuals who ever lived on planet Earth. We do know he had a close relationship with God.

People often think it takes lots of faith to heal through prayer. Apparently the first Christian apostles even thought so.

But officer," she said, innocence lacing her voice. "I never noticed that speed limit sign.

It was a moment of truth. I had no choice.

My father once told my mother that he wished he'd never had children. I understood that he did the best he knew how as a father, but, following the pattern of his own father and that of many other men of his era, my dad poured himself into his work and other activities, often traveling and working late.

NEARLY EVERY DAY WE READ OR HEAR ABOUT great dangers and tragedies—terrorist bombings, nuclear threats, frightening predictions of pandemic viruses, devastating hurricanes, destructive wildfires. The daily news of natural and man-made tragedies is causing many to ask, "How can I pray about these things to help bring a greater sense of peace, well-being, and protection to myself, my family, community, and the world?" Christ Jesus taught humanity how to be safe in the midst of evil.

HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ACCOUNTS OF DISAGREEMENTS. Differing views often arise from either an incorrect or incomplete view of something or someone.