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El Bolsón, Argentina , is what might be called a city of seekers, since many of its inhabitants left Buenos Aires in the 1960s to make their way to this town, located in a valley in the middle of the Andes Mountains. They were searching for answers, meaning, a way of understanding truth.

At a crossroads—that's where occupational therapist and certified hand therapist Julie Amendola of Arlington, Texas, found herself five years ago. And it's where part one of Julie's real-life spiritual journey left off (see the May 2003 issue of the Journal ).

Have you ever heard the expression, "rules are made to be broken?" Some people think that—especially when they believe rules keep them from having a good time. But sometimes they don't like the rules because they don't understand them.

Today , the Middle East is thought of as a key source of petroleum, but in Bible times, most of the oil mentioned refers to olive oil. Other oils, such as castor oil and sesame oil, were used much more rarely.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to read the Bible straight through. I remember starting with the first chapter of Genesis, and loving the thought of God creating everything good.

The First International, Interdisciplinary Conference on The Science of Whole Person Healing was held in Bethesda, Maryland, at the end of March. Chemists, physicists, biologists, medical doctors, spiritual healers, and other healthcare professionals convened to discuss the science of alternative medicine and nonmedical healing.

People from all over the world attend conferences like the one in Bethesda, Maryland. In March 2002 Christina Sloan, Italian Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, attended the Harvard-sponsored Spirituality Healing in Medicine conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Several months ago a young mother telephoned and asked me to pray with her for her young son. During a medical check-up he'd been diagnosed as having a problem with one of his eyes.

I learned about Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy through self-help books that mentioned it. A friend who was very interested in metaphysics told me that Christian Science presented God as the only power—omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent.

A Gallup survey in 15 countries showed that Germans are gold medalists in pessimism. Eighty-seven percent believe that the future will bring no good.