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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.

MARSHALL'S ALWAYS BEEN a great kid—very sociable and enthusiastic about almost everything he does. But a couple of years ago, when he started third grade at the local elementary school, we noticed a change in his behavior.

Professor of dance at the University of California in Davis and founder and artistic director of the international touring company Thingsezisee'm Dance/Theater, David Grenke unleashes students' unlimited potential and stirs audiences to see themselves more clearly. (He also tends the home fires: Soon after he and his wife, Mindy, relocated from New York City to the West Coast in August, their first children, twins, were born.

I'M A WRITER at Sports Illustrated, and every winter our magazine publishes a swimsuit issue, with photographs of supermodels in bikinis. The pictures highlight the popular hallmarks of female beauty, and the issue is a colossal financial success.

MY HUSBAND is a beautiful man. Though he isn't hard on the eyes, I'm not speaking of his looks.

BEAUTY—WHAT IS IT? People seek it in their homes and gardens, in their clothes, music, language—and often in their persons. One's concept of beauty is different from another's.