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I live close to the river Thames near London, and I love to take walks along the tow-path. It's always quiet and peaceful there, and I find it a good place to be tranquil and to think.

I felt beaten. Two years of preparing to make Christian Science healing my full-time profession, and it looked as though everything was falling apart.

From the depths of despair to the Christian Science practice Patricia Tupper Hyatt First off, let me say that the thought of practicing Christian Science for the public was the very last thing I would have imagined myself doing. I would have said "Never in a million years!" Not only was it not in line with how I saw myself, it didn't fit my capabilities.

I didn't have a job lined up when I moved to Chicago, but I'd just graduated from college and was ready to get started. I had some debt piled up through student loans and was eager to begin knocking that down.

How do children pray? What are their prayers like? In an effort to answer these questions, the Journal's Jenny Sawyer talked with four elementary school children. The results, in pictures and words, convey the kids' individual responses to the word "prayer.

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One of the great things about prayer is that it's timeless. From ancient times, people have prayed about their personal needs and also about events around them.

When soldiers are dispatched to a war-torn part of the world, people pray for their safe return. But not everyone realizes how big an impact these deployments can have on the families, not just on the men and women in uniform.

A little boy sensed that his dad was struggling. And he was right.

The Episcopal Church's healing services go as far back as the 16th century, when Archbishop Thomas Cranmer first compiled The Book of Common Prayer. Nowadays, as interest in spiritual healing has grown, the Church has carved out its own unique niche.