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I ALWAYS WANT my Sunday School pupils to see how to apply the truths they learn in class to their own daily concerns. I opened the discussion in my class of seven-year-olds with the question, "Anyone have a problem they'd like to talk about?" There was silence and a pause, and then one child, head down, spoke firmly in a serious tone: "Well, I have two problems, and I don't want to talk about them.

I THINK of the early Christian Church as a spiriutal workplace of healing. Whereever they found themselves, those first Christians shared the truths they'd learned from their Teacher, Christ Jesus, and healed people through the power of God, just as he had done.

Several years ago , my wife and I were thankful to become first-time homeowners through an inheritance. After moving in, we took steps to update the old heating system and convert from oil to natural gas.

I WAS SITTING IN MY STUDY looking out the front window, when I noticed a plain car that was parked in the street under our large oak tree. I did a double take when I saw the antenna on the car's trunk.

In our February issue, we invited readers to share their thoughts about living with and learning from the younger generation. Here, Journal staffer Holly Hand tells about the bond she formed with a friend's adopted children.

THERE ARE TIMES when I read the Bible when I like to stop and think about whether a certain word could be a symbol or a substitute for something else. Not long ago I read the narrative of the man lame from birth who was carried daily to the gate of the Temple.

TO MANY PEOPLE , retirement conjures up images of unlimited leisure and free choice of activities. To others, it suggests inactivity and the end of meaningful achievement.

SINCE WE HAVE ALL ETERNITY in which to think, pray, grow, create, work, enjoy, love, and be loved, there's no reason to feel pressured and driven by time. This happy thought came to me one day to ease my feeling of never having enough time.

A FEW DAYS BEFORE I was to begin an important series of meetings, I just avoided an accident on my bike by carefully placing my right foot in a safe spot as my bike fell. The next day, I slipped and fell on the stairs in my house.

TODAY A LOT of people who are searching for health and well-being wonder if God can help them. Through prayer we prove that He can and will.