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Ask Olivia Alexander why she joined her church, and she'll tell you a story of a membership focused on healing. "They responded to my need for help when it was greatest," said Olivia.

That Paul's letters are thought to be older than any of the Gospel accounts by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Mark's Gospel, which is now accepted as the earliest one, dates from AD 70—just before the fall of Jerusalem. Paul's letters were written from AD 50—68, possibly as early as AD 48, which puts at least some of them much closer to the life and times of Jesus and the disciples.

Earlier this year, Holmes Rolston III, winner of the 2003 Templeton prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities was interviewed by Research News & Opportunities in Science and Theology about his views on nature's diversity and spirituality. During the interview, he commented on the Bible's views of nature.

When Hezekiah inherited the throne as Judah's 12th king, he decided right away not to follow in the footsteps of his father, Ahaz. The kingdom of Judah had long faced a problem common to other surrounding areas of that day—constant attacks from the Assyrian Empire.

When he walked into the Dresden library, Dr. David Trobisch, Throckmorton-Hayes Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Bangor Theological Seminary, had no idea that he was about to make what he calls a "once-in-a-lifetime find"—one that had been buried for at least 400 years.

Since November is Bible Month, the Journal asked kids from around the world to talk about their favorite Bible story or verse. Here are some of their answers.

In physics, scientists look for a unified field theory—how disparate laws are connected and smoothly work together. I have often wondered how religious, political, and cultural perspectives could ever be united—they seem so different.

I don't remember feeling grateful when I was young. My parents, of course, taught me to say thank you, and I always did.

IT'S USUALLY PRETTY EASY to be grateful after the fact—the mountain has been climbed, danger averted, crisis overcome, health renewed. But Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, brought the world a new view of gratitude in her writings.

As a child , when my parents would tell me to be grateful, sometimes it seemed pretty trivial. Gratitude was a pleasant alternative to grumbling, but too often made me feel like a Pollyanna, especially when things weren't going well.