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In My Country , India, terrorism is found at the borders of Kashmir as well as in other areas. A recent article from a local newspaper, The Hindu, said the attack on India's parliament on December 13 "is comparable, as noted by commentators here and abroad, with September 11.

The Story of David and Bathsheba in the Bible has been presented in just about every form possible, including racy paperback novels and Hollywood screenplays. Almost everyone knows the story—that David, the handsome and powerful King of Israel, saw a beautiful married woman taking a bath on her roof and "sent for her," got her pregnant, then caused her husband to be killed in a war so that he could marry her himself.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Divine Mind is my Shepherd; I shall not want for intelligence, wisdom, or spiritual understanding.

Three Years Ago , my husband and I were delighted to receive a wedding invitation from a lovely young woman whom we had known since she was a toddler. When she was seven, she had been a smiling bridesmaid at the wedding of one of our daughters.

I was surprised when I went to my son's first baseball game. No one kept score, and no one knew the score.

Nine Women who gave a large part of their lives to others' welfare in the 16th to 20th centuries were honored March 24 in a talk at the Boston Public Library. The women are featured in a 14-foot-wide mural by artist Ellen Lanyon in the library's Boylston Street lobby (see photo caption below with a brief description of their claims to fame).

One Summer A Few Years Ago , a local Learning and Livestock Center of Heifer International asked if we would quarantine 14 goats and four sheep in our barn for three months. The animals were destined for Honduras and the Dominican Republic as breeding stock to replace animals lost in 1998 to Hurricane Mitch.

There's a Saying , "God is in the details. " That is definitely true in promoting a lecture, which is an intensive detail-oriented part of the planning work.

Peterborough, New Hampshire , a town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, is the hub of a mentally lively area, where all sorts of religious beliefs and healing practices flourish. That's where I live and go to church.

As the Journal editorial staff discussed commitment to community, it seemed only natural to ask a cross-section of activists to convey some of the reasons their work is meaningful to them. The comments below are excerpted from ideas they discussed with Journal staff member Sharla Pugh.