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When I retired in 1986, after almost 40 years in education, I decided, Now it's time for Jo. I get to do the things I want to do! My husband retired the same year I did.

When a person decides to go into the public practice of Christian Science healing, he or she is a messenger of freedom and love. The suggestion, whether it's internal or comes from someone else, that it is too early or too late to go into the public practice is really just a false resistance to the Christ—to the healing message that frees humanity from sin, sickness, and death.

The conventional shape of good career—basic education, entry-level jobs to get experience, advanced education or training, accomplishment rising to a peak, and eventual retirement—is not the only choice we have. The problem with that scenario is that if we get off track along the way, we may never get the training we need or we might miss important opportunities for progress in our field.

Time—ever elusive, always nipping at our heels—can sometimes feel like an arrow shot from the moment we appear on earth, carrying us straight through our lives, continually diminishing our energy and opportunities as it seeks its vanishing point somewhere on the horizon called old age. Let's defy that scenario.

When a dear friend passed on a couple of years ago,  I felt a big void in my life. One day when I had something to share with her—but couldn't—I realized how much I missed our conversations.

Many years ago I lived in a rural community, filled with Amish farmhouses. Amish horse-drawn carriages (behind which I occasionally became trapped if driving somewhere) served as a quiet reminder to slow down and acknowledge the heavenly Father's presence and His simple, timeless care for me.

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PLEASED to report that the program to allow licensing of the Cross and Crown seal is underway. Christian Science branch churches and societies, Christian Science Reading Rooms, and Christian Science organizations at colleges and universities may now make requests to use the Cross and Crown.

1. Do you need a great physician? One who's always available, knows you inside and out, constantly cares for you, and can heal you in the most perfect way? Journal contributing editor Channing Walker tells how knowing God as the "great Physician" is key to maintaining good health.

2007-2008 LECTURERS John Q. Adams, C.

MARY BAKER EDDY EXPECTED members of her Board of Lectureship to present "The Christ mode of understanding Life—of exterminating sin and suffering and their penalty, death .