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REMEMBER THAT OLD EXPRESSION, "I never promised you a rose garden"? I can't help but think of it when I read about followers of Jesus who weren't interested in the challenges that being a Christian sometimes bring. They may have followed him with a bed of roses in mind, but not for long.

SHE WAS BRIGID TO CELTIC EUROPE, Cybele to the Romans, and Rhea to the ancient Greeks. She was the pagan mother goddess—celebrated by pre-Christian civilizations in Europe long before Mother's Day, as we know it, gained official recognition in the United States in 1914.

Beauty is a thing of life, which dwells forever in the eternal Mind and reflects the charms of His goodness in expression, form, outline, and color. — MARY BAKER EDDY HERE'S A QUESTION: How many prongs are there at the end of your toaster cord? It's a loaded question, not because the answer—two—is anything out of the ordinary (at least not in the United States).

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHAPLAINS HAVE SERVED in the US military since World War I. For many years, The Mother church oversaw a chaplain training program that prepared potential Christian Science chaplains for their ministry.

THE TRUTH WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I BELONGED. After nearly 35 years of marriage to my best friend—we did everything together, including going to the supermarket—my husband was gone.

Dear Christian Scientists, Mary Baker Eddy indicated that spiritual healing originally built the Christian Science movement. And there is every reason for us to assume that healing will rebuild it today.

FOR THE PAST YEAR, the Christian Science Board of Directors, as Publisher of Mary Baker Eddy's writings, has been considering the pivotal role of the Christian Science pastor—the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures —as well as the Manual of The Mother Church, Prose Works, Poems, and Christ and Christmas, and what can be done to make them more available to those most ready to value and use them. So, over the next couple of years, beginning with the Bible and Science and Health, these writings will take new forms that serve both new and longtime audiences.

Working on this month's Deep Think article, admits Christian Science practitioner and teacher William H. Hill , felt a little bit like cheating.

IT WAS A COLD DAY IN JANUARY —the sun didn't so much shine as glint off the heavy red brick buildings we passed on our way to the market. A hard frost had glazed the concrete sidewalk as I pushed my bundled daughter in her stroller into the wind.

I've learned in Sunday School that God doesn't make pain or sickness, and He's always protecting me and keeping me safe. I AM TEN YEARS OLD and I live in Nairobi, Kenya.