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I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon: The times when I feel led by God to step outside of my comfort zone turn out to be the times when I feel God's care more tangibly than usual. I think it has to do with yielding.

Alessandra Colombini is a Christian Science practitioner in São Paulo, Brazil. She talked with the Journal about ways that expectant parents might begin to prepare for childbirth.

" Timing is crucial ," I told myself as we got ready for baby number three on the remote farm where we live. "We're five miles from the nearest town, and 35 miles from the hospital where the delivery is to take place, so my husband has got to be within calling distance.

Two years ago , my wife Sara and I joyfully welcomed Henry into our family. These are some of the thoughts and prayers that I had along the way.

Last summer, a week before her baby was due, Karen Schneider spoke with the Journal about the ways—spiritual and practical—she and her husband Skip were preparing for their first child. After baby Jack came along, Karen talked with us again.

Sometimes when one is turning to God in prayer for healing, it can be tempting to check the problem one is praying about to see if there's any improvement. In the past, I've even slipped into a pray-and-check, check-and-pray routine, which doesn't help one bit.

As spiritual ideas of God , you and I are always fresh, new, and full of promise. Nothing can ever take our newness away.

Sometimes we feel so alone , like everything we care deeply about has been taken from us. I went through one of those life-changing experiences several years ago when I was employed in a job that I believed was a milestone in my acting and singing career.

Lyric soprano Jennifer Foster is soloist of The Mother Church in Boston. Jennifer has continued her professional career while raising her children.

Ed Blomquist is copyright administrator for The Christian Science Publishing Society, advising various departments on copyright issues and also everseeing the permission for reprints of The Christian Science Monitor and other periodicals. An amateur jazz musician, he teaches several courses on copyright issues at Berklee College of Music.