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Richard Mather is a Christian Science healer and teacher who lives in the state of Washington, in the United States. He was a chaplain during the Vietnam War.

On September 11, the members of the executive board of our downtown Manhattan church got in touch with each other within a short time of the attacks on the World Trade Center. We decided to open the church that evening as a refuge for our community to pray, read psalms, and sing hymns.

The urgent and growing demands placed on The Christian Science Publishing Society over recent weeks have made it clear that the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department needs to operate in flexible, responsive, and timely way. Editorial lead time needs to be reduced, process streamlined, and organizational structure simplified.

My parents have told me about my first healing through Christian Science, which occurred when I was a two-year-old hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. Of course I was too young to remember the details, but Christian Science apparently saved my life.

When I was a teenager, I took karate lessons, not to become an expert fighter but for the athleticism, discipline, fellowship, and self-control involved. I've never forgotten something my sensei (teacher) told us about the mental attitude one should have during karate competitions.

In every Olympics, the athletes' ability to defy limits and achieve new standards of excellence inspires people the world over. Each gold medal represents a triumph of beauty, strength, and courage.

I was called for jury duty, and the timing couldn't have been more inconvenient. Christmas was just a few weeks away, and I had a lot to get done.

" Do you realize that we got through both Thanksgiving and Christimas without a family fight?" my sister asked me one day. She was right.

A friendship was withering away before my eyes. Someone I loved had become aloof and cold to me, and I was hurt.

In my freshman year of high school, my parents separated and then divorced. One of the casualties of this caustic divorce was my relationship with my father.