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Looking back Rooted in history, designed for a new millennium Mary Baker Eddy's 19th-century New England, churchgoers typically knew their Bible inside out. Good preaching was considered one of God's greater gifts.

I'd been invited to the boss's house for lunch! It was Saturday. Winter sunshine streamed into the kitchen as cooking aromas filled the air.

My husband and I were traveling through Nepal. We'd heard wonderful things about sunrises over the Himalayas and wanted to see one.

I'd just drifted off to sleep when our puppy awakened me by jumping up on the side of the bed. Normally I would have been delighted to see her.

I Remember The Man Who Found Me on the sidewalk after I'd been mugged. I'd been lying there in the cold for about a half-hour.

I Felt Terrible. I was sick.

"Should we stay, or sell?" It's a tough—even touchy—question, and one many church congregations are asking as they search for ways to best meet their communities' changing needs. For Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, the decision to hold on to their often difficult-to-maintain building proved to be the most effective way of serving their neighborhood.

EVER SINCE I was a small child, I felt like God was always with me. Although I had no ties to any particular religion while growing up, I prayed to God in the same way a child relies on and speaks with a loving parent.

WHEN I WOKE UP with a horrible headache and stomachache one morning, I didn't think I'd be able to go to school. I got out of bed and went to find my mom.

DID YOU SEE THE PICTURE in front of that store?" my daughter asked. The store she was referring to was a tattoo parlor that had just opened across the street from her elementary school in Southern California.