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R ECENTLY, I FOUND MYSELF taking a long, hard look at my financial situation. I'd just decided to leave my job as a salaried employee, and it appeared that my reserves were running low.

FOR THIS CAUSE I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. —EPHESIANS 3:14-19 divider E nough Food To Feed a Family.

AS A CHILD, I couldn't engage in prolonged activities outdoors without bouts of constricted breathing, irritated eyes, wheezing, and sneezing. My parents tried various remedies to relieve the symptoms, including a number of medications, inhalers, and vaporizers.

MY SON was a sickly child. He had a severe allergy to wheat flour and needed to be kept on a very strict diet—one that didn't include bread, cookies, cake, or pancakes, all of which made him violently ill.

IT STARTED suddenly. One day I collapsed and fell to the floor unconscious.

THERE DIDN'T seem to be any particular reason for them. I wasn't in a high-pressure job.

ARTICLES IN THE POPULAR PRESS about healing through prayer or faith appear almost daily. Though this magazine cannot yet be called part of the popular press, it correctly can be said to have specialized in articles on healing through prayer and to have been an authoritative voice on the subject since its founding by Mary Baker Eddy in April 1883.

OUR VOICES JOINED TOGETHER IN UNISON: "Save us, O Lord, from the cynical mind that scoffs at truth and beauty and makes of no account those things which are of good report. " This weekly chapel prayer from my prep-school days didn't mean much to me at the time.

THE TERM FEMINISM was not in wide circulation in the 19th century, but the concept was. People talked about "women's rights" or used the phrase "the Woman question.

" WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A LITTLE MERCY ?" my friend asked. She wasn't asking for mercy but encouraging me to have mercy on myself.