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When I was first elected to serve as First Reader at my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I was shocked, and a little overwhelmed. My schedule was already quite packed, and my thoughts began to race with suggestions of why this might not be the best time to take on the additional responsibility of conducting three services a week.

Blake Windal has a message for anyone who might be asked to conduct services in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist. "Being a Reader can seem like such a huge task," he says.

When I found the house I subsequently purchased and now occupy, it was mid-winter. Snow blanketed the trees and surrounding areas, so not much exploring was possible.

I am Venezuelan, but I've lived in Romania with my family for five years now. I have a little sister, Melanie, and twin baby brothers, Nicholas and Jonathan.

It wasn't that I wanted to be shy, I just didn't know how else to be. At first, I guess, I blamed it a little on the fact that I'd switched schools.

PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD worry about their children. Where they go with their friends.

It's a common perception that health means having a physical body that works. Most people would also agree that health can be a broader term that characterizes complete personal well-being.

My family was going through financial instability that had reached the point of crisis. My husband had passed on, and because this happened at a time when I was just beginning a new career helping others through prayer, I wasn't making much money yet.

The storm's landfall was imminent.   For days we had waited while Hurricane Fran took her course, and on this night in September 1996, her path was bearing down on the Carolinas where we lived.

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. DEUTERONOMY 33:27 Right now, right in the moment you're reading this, you are perfectly safe and secure—as safe and secure as you're ever going to be.