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Every one of her ten visits to Bethlehem over the past ten years has brought new insights into the nativity, says contributor Olene Carroll, author of "Humility fit for a king" (p. 10).

REJECTS. That's the word we saw stamped here and there on the corrugated metal sheets that formed the walls of the ramshackle shack my teenaged daughter, Emily, and I entered one morning last August.

THE MAIN THING WAS: It just didn't seem fair. I'd just gotten back into training after a broken shoulder had kept me on the sidelines during most of the track season.

DID YOU KNOW that there's a whole week in November when people celebrate the Bible and why its stories and ideas are still important? It's called National Bible Week, and it happens during the same week as Thanksgiving in the United States. In honor of that week, the Journal talked with four kids about their favorite Bible characters and what they've learned from these characters' lives and stories.

WHEN MY WIFE JOANNE AND I GOT MARRIED 13 years ago, I said "I do" to the whole package. The whole package meant helping to raise her two small boys, Jordan and Jarrod, which was no small task, but one I was ready to dive into.

TODAY, WHEN I THINK ABOUT GRATITUDE, I think about forgiveness—and what God has already done for me. A long time ago, before I came to the United States from Nigeria, a man insulted and harassed me.

I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN WHY I didn't join in, but the truth is, I just never did. I'd certainly heard about the power of gratitude.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I was being sued.

Mary Baker Eddy Wrote, "Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. "   Science and Health, p.

I FELT STUCK ON TWO FRONTS. I wanted to leave my job and start a new career, but the timing didn't seem right.