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I WAS WORKING for a settlement house in St. Louis and going into the heart of poor neighborhoods.

IN ONE OF MY BIBLES , the words of Jesus are written in red ink. I like to use this version because I believe everything he said was significant, and I want his words to stand out.

You've probably heard the saying that creativity is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. My own participation in the performing arts has shown me that this maxim sometimes seems very valid! However, the notion that only a small part of our creative efforts may eventually be rewarded can be quite discouraging.

Do you have to accept all that life throws at you? I was a long time learning that the answer is found in doing what Jesus said: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God. " Matt.

As God becomes less theoretical to us—and more tangible as infinite Spirit—our latent, yet unbounded, potential to heal and be healed can be realized. Christian healing doesn't change reality, since the only reality is God.

DO YOU SOMETIMES wait for a particular report to come on the television or radio and then realize when it's almost over that you missed it because you were thinking about something else? I have been considering this recently in relation to listening to God. I've read many articles, both in this magazine and others, about people who have been wakened in the middle of the night with a strong urge to pray about something very specific.

Mary Baker Eddy's groundbreaking book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, was first published 125 years ago. For more than a century, this book has met humanity's increasing demand for a more spiritual understanding of health, a better basis for lasting relationships, and a greater sense of security and peace.

" Do you carry any smaller pots?" I asked the woman sitting at the table in the marketplace. Miniature vases with engravings, paintings of domestic scenes with peasants, flower pots, and other artifacts made of black pottery crowded her rustic "shop" along the roadside.

If God knows our heart , why isn't repentance and a desire to be pure sufficient to make us pure? Because effective repentance means reform—radical, fundamental rethinking that changes sorrow, shame, and suffering into purified lives. God's love for us impels us toward this reformation process.

The poet Robert Bly hints at the illusory nature of mortal life when he writes: For we are like the branch bent in the water.