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When I was growing up, our family had something that no one else at my school had. In fact, as far I know, no one in our whole area had one.

How do you know when you've made the right decision? A lot of people will say, "You just know. You have a gut feeling.

Shortly after 9/11, I recall journalist Tom Brokaw's haunting question in closing an edition of the evening news: "What's next?" Now, skimming the first few pages of the newspaper, my eyes fall on threatening words—smallpox, germ warfare, vaccinations.

"Endure. " "Submit.

My husband and I are grandparents who don't buy the rocking-chair concept of aging. There is a spirit in our generation that just refuses to "grow old" gracefully—a spirit that resists the idea of aging.

Not long ago, our bank sent my husband a check that he didn't write for an automobile he didn't purchase. An alert bank employee had noticed that the signature didn't quite match my husband's, although it approximated it.

" Bobby McFerrin defies description," I explained to the woman sitting next to me. "He's definitely one of a kind.

Freedom is possible, imperative, sustainable In response to the Journal's talk with Peter Ackerman about nations and their struggles for freedom, we asked three Christian Science practitioners and teachers to offer their thoughts and experiences as they look out on the world. Since each comes from a different part of the globe, each one took a different approach to the subject.

Over the last six months, momentum continues to build from the 2002 Annual Meeting & Conference of The Church of Christ, Scientist. The meeting explored three overarching messages: the universality of Christian Science: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as a resource for everyone: and Mary Baker Eddy's design for a Church to respond to today's demand for spiritual answers.

When I Was Eight, I lived in Angola, where the war for independence was about to begin. I studied in a religious school, and had a great spiritual hunger.