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I STILL REMEMBER how uneasy I felt the first time I read this verse from the Bible: "And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. "   II Kings 25:30.

My concept of life has been changing for the better since I started reading the Bible Lessons from the Christian Science Quarterly every day. Some years ago, when I was about twelve, my brothers and I started attending a Christian Science Sunday School in Brazil.

A dogeared copy of a Fodor's travel guide accompanied me throughout Europe during the year I studied abroad. I was in unfamiliar territory, listening to languages I didn't speak, and trying to negotiate train schedules, bed and breakfast options, and museum hours.

“What if our prayer in support of elections began with an acknowledgment that all candidates are under the government of God and responsive to His wisdom, inspiration, and direction?” asks this author. Her article explores more about the powerful effect prayer can have on the democratic process.

The particular stones selected for use in a building are important for a number of reasons. They help define the specific character and feeling of a building.

If you had been a child in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517, a large part of your education would have involved memorizing facts and reciting them back to your teacher in Latin. If you were caught speaking German instead of Latin, you would be severely punished.

A friend of mine was very upset about a job she had taken on. She was helping someone else through a difficult time, and the very one she was helping was meting out verbal lashings to her.

Feeling overwhelmed with responsibility for someone else's welfare can drag us down. Maybe we think that if it weren't for us, a friend or family member would be hopelessly lost, friendless, and helpless.

Your program is very, very interesting to me, and I have been sort of struggling to get along constantly with it.

Late one evening our daughter, a young professional, telephoned to talk about something that was bothering her. She confessed she was puzzled because people she believed to sincere Christians expressed surprise at answered prayer.