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Say you're in a classroom and the blackboard is chalked to its borders with equations. Students at the board calculate their way to answers, maybe hoping for good grades.

As the fight against terrorism continues, people in many parts of the world are making efforts to defang this enemy in their own ways. Among them are three women in Turkey to whom I talked recently.

In the light of religiously-fueled conflicts aroung the globe, many people believe that there has never been a greater need to end religiously-motivated violence than there is today. Governments have made attempts to solve conflicts through the United Nations.

After the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I felt generally fearful and Jumpy. As I walked in the Boston Garden near my office, I watched the trajectory of every place overhead to see if it would fly into the John Hancock or Prudential Center, the two tallest buildings in Boston.

Last fall there was an exhibit in New York's Grand Central Station of bigger-than-life photo-portraits of many who immediately answered the call to the scene at the World Trade Center. In the stories that accompanied the pictures of each individual, a common theme emerged.

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Steve Danzansky , Chief Executive Officer of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for The Betterment of Humanity, began the Library Lighting Celebration by introducing the Mary Baker Eddy Library's Board of Trustees: Virginia Harris, Chairman; Walter D. Jones, Treasurer; Don Wilson, Secretary; Peter Ackerman, and Allen Weinstein.

After returning home from 2002 Annual Meeting & Conference, many people e-mailed with comments on ways they were already putting the vision of the meetings into action. I am so grateful for the Pastoring Workshop.

What a day ! What a journey! None of us are the same as when we arrived. We'll always hold the inspiration and insights of this day in our hearts.

Karyn Mandan and Gary Jones went on to recap the last ten years in the Church's history. They focused on these questions: • What has the Church been doing in recent years? • What has it observed in society? •How has it responded? Let's take a brief look at the growing momentum over the last ten years—at the public's spiritual search and of how this Church and its members have been responding.