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This is not a story of love at first sight (although it should have been). But it is a true Love story—one in which God's unconditional love takes center stage.

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about discipleship. What it means to be a Christian.

Stand at the 10,000-plus-foot summit of Mount San Jacinto in Southern California and on occasion you can watch at close range as a golden eagle sweeps, unchallenged, across the sky. A current of cool mountain air carries him forward, and at the same time sweeps over you, renewing your spirits after the long climb to the top.

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.