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Robert Orr is a medical doctor and Director of Ethics at Fletcher Allen Health Care, one of the most comprehensive nonprofit healthcare organizations in New England. He is also a professor of family practice at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

" Going to the fountain" was the prize-winner at a photojournalism exhibit I once attended. Snapped at sunrise, it showed what looked like an endless line of African women carrying large jugs on their heads.

For the last six years, a talk on Christian Science has been given at the Spirituality & Healing in Medicine conference, presented semi-annually by Harvard Medical School and The Mind/Body Institute of Deaconess Hospital, and jointly sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. Hundreds of clergy, physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals attend the conferences and participate in a variety of workshops and talks.

For years I'd dreamed of owning my own home. But traveling—and spending money on other things—took priority.

Christine Raymond is currently Executive Editor and General Manager of www. spirituality.

Here in Australia, where the school year starts in February, rather than in September as it does in many other countries, kids want to learn in a safe and caring environment. Parents want to feel confident that their children won't be in danger while at school.

It had been a pretty unsettling couple of weeks, to say the least. It was obvious to me that I had symptoms associated with breast cancer.

A while back, I read a Los Angeles Times article that wrestled with the nature of evil. One observation seemed to me to have particular significance in the wake of last September's terrorist attacks in the United States: "To scholars who engage in theodicy—defending the justice of God in the light of evil—the theological problem of massive moral evils has become the most challenging.

When human disaster brings us to our knees in prayer, God answers this prayer by resurrecting more love in our hearts. After the horrible events of September 11, which undoubtedly caused many people to pray as they never had before, there seemed to be a heightened degree of tenderness and care for family, friends—even total strangers.

Late last summer I was preparing to give a talk. One subject I researched was misogyny, or the hatred of women—its theological and cultural roots—and I wanted to take my prayers deeper.