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I'M A CHURCH-GOING ENTHUSIAST. I just love being there.

A New Yorker who loves to read? Not a surprise. But Paula Rice Jackson, a former magazine editor-in-chief, who lives in Manhattan, also brings her special insights as a Christian Scientist to this month's book commentary ( American Gospel, by Jon Meacham).

THE SWALLOWS WERE NESTING . My daughter brought the news.

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.