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Last summer I decided to quit thinking that I was too old to start riding a bicycle again. So I jumped into my red convertible, drove down to the bicycle shop, and bought myself a two-wheeler.

WORK WAS MY LIFE. For years I believed that if I worked really hard, I'd have everything I'd ever dreamed of—including all the things I could ever want.

I WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. HE WAS IN TEXAS.

  How will we today find within ourselves the fidelity, strength, and unity to fulfill Mary Baker Eddy's vast expectations for the Christian Science she discovered and the Church she founded? HUMANITY'S BUILT-IN SPIRIT OF LOVE, when stirred, can accomplish tremendous things. That surely happened in the aftermath of both the recent tsunami and the attacks of September 11, 2001, when heroism and unselfed love quickly followed.

I'D HIT A SNAG in Sunday School class: the Beatitudes. As Jesus' introduction to the Sermon on the Mount, these statements have been handed down for two thousand years as descriptions of what leads to supreme happiness.

It's been called the Holy Scriptures, the Good Book, and "the chart of life. " Science and Health, p.

" OH YES, YOU DID LAUGH, "  Gen. 18:15 (NRSV).

Christine Solomon was well-equipped to respond when we asked her to write the second article in our series on the Beatitudes, especially since she's in the middle of working on a book on the Bible. As always, Christine found the writing process a learning experience.

It was the winter of 1980-81, and we were students in southern Poland. The weather was bleak and cold; the political climate was the same.

It's not just Dorothy Polatin's in-the-pool prowess that makes this high school freshman worthy of her "rookie of the year" award. Sure, she made a splash on her varsity team by swimming what her coach dubbed "gutsy" races and earning enough points to letter as a first-timer on the team.