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DO YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS WHO ARE TWINS? Well, we'd like you to meet Grace and Claire Golder, who are eight-year-old twin sisters. They live with their mom and dad, and their younger sister, Julia, in an apartment in Greenwich Village, which is a neighborhood in New York City.

When 13-year-old Anna Reighart decided to join her local branch church, she wasn't sure what to expect during the application process. What would she be asked? And what would she say? As it turned out, the whole thing was a lot easier than she thought.

A DAY AFTER GRADUATING from Florida State University, Gregor Collins stuffed everything he owned—including a diploma in Film and Broadcasting—into his car, a tiny green Geo Storm, and headed for Hollywood. He had no idea what kind of career he wanted, only that he wanted to work in the entertainment business.

JESUS HEALED. Surely, few assertions reverberate with greater significance and truth.

I'M 13 YEARS OLD. It's early Sunday morning.

" RISE .

IN A CLASSIC SCENE in an old Charlie Chaplin film, the viewer sees Chaplin casually leaning against a massive brick wall. Then something gets his attention, and he steps away.

WOULD ALL THE EFFORT that goes into the church service be worth it if only five people were here? An odd question to be asking myself, especially since, as First Reader, I was conducting the Wednesday evening testimony meeting at a large, well-attended church. Yet, as I stood there during a quiet period in the testimonies, the question persisted: Would you be willing to spend those hours praying about and preparing a church service if only a few people came? I was not sure I would.

Meet Meg Dendler —full-time mom, powerhouse church worker, Christian Science practitioner, and avid moviegoer. When Meg and her family relocated a few years ago from the Detroit area to a small town further north, the transition meant changes, not least of which was finding a small church with just a few members.

MY NAME IS MEHAK, which means "fragrance" in Hindi, my national language. I live in the foothills of the Himalayas in Chandigarh, northern India, where the summers are very hot and the winters are very cold.