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Sometimes I think that the majority of people on this planet don't trust their governments. This lack of trust may show up in sporadic mass demonstrations and violence.

I was arriving in Kano, Nigeria , to begin my first speaking tour, which was to start in Kaduna. My companions were excited about our route—a new highway that made travel so much easier—and the conversation frequently returned to the quality of the road.

Many governments around the world seem constantly to be in a state of flux. Even in stable and democratically governed societies, leaders on the local and national level may change every few years with new elections.

Eberhard Lasch of Mexico City is one of the Publisher's Representatives for the Writings of Mary Baker Eddy in Latin America and is also Committee on Publication for Mexico. He spoke last June in Berlin at 2003 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church&Conference, in the session, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures— Transforming Lives, Transforming the Universe.

Living An Honest Life. Defending against injustice.

As a young woman, I suffered from that popular disease known as hypochondria. I was very fearful about whatever I heard on television and radio about diseases.

I'd Already Done the mental pros and cons list. I'd examined my motives and determined that this wasn't just some "follow the crowd" thing.

It all started one day when I was about ten. My mom wouldn't let me leave the house, and I was feeling sorry for myself.

I got the messages at my office a couple hours after they were left that Friday afternoon. From what sounded like the pay phone at school, my teenage daughter, Carol, asked, "Mom, can I go with Holly to the mall?" Then a second message from home.

The man in the produce department of my local grocery store asked, "Is that your little brother?"—referring to the four-year-old grandson sitting in my grocery cart. Before I knew it, I almost said, "Yes.