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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.

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.