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Drip a small amount of lubricant along stretch of motorcycle tread. If that piece of tread meets a slick roadway while cornering, the lubricant won't improve a thing and may do some harm.

The following experiences are a few of those shared by attendants serving in the Reading Room at San Francisco International Airport. • Two women visited the Reading Room while waiting for their flight.

MARY BAKER EDDY'S love for children and her devotion to God were constants in her life. They came together when, as a young woman in the Congregational Church, she taught Sunday School.

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.