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" What Can I Tell You about this book that would make you want to read it?" I asked my neighbors as I handed them a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. My friend surprised me with her emotional response: "I know what you can tell me—you can tell me if all the things we have to go through in this life are worth it! I mean, is there something that makes all the suffering and pain and trouble worthwhile?" I was so struck by the yearning in her voice that I could barely nod a "yes" to her.

Anyone can tell you that without joy life can be pretty dull. Joy is actually indispensable.

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I have taught comparative literature at a university in northern California for many years, and increasingly I am finding that my primary activity as a teacher is to pray. I used to spend hours researching and making class plans (and I still do research and planning).

Alexis Van Pelt is a high-school senior who interned in an elementary school classroom as part of her senior project. When I began my internship in a first-grade classroom, I was immediately inspired by the children's purity and spirituality.

A longtime teacher, with tongue firmly in cheek, compiled a list of student bloopers, actual passages culled from pupils' essays. For instance: "Homer also wrote the Oddity.

In May we looked at early Jewish education of children. It is very likely that, at first, Christian education of the young shared at least some of the characteristics of the Jewish approach.

Appreciating one hundred years of spiritual insight and healing In January we began a series in appreciation of the Journal's contribution to the twentieth century. This month we reprint an article and testimonies published in the 1970s, a decade marked, among other things, by changing roles for women and shifting concepts of family life.

As I listened to the television news one summer evening, the announcer reported that the beaches of southern California had been inundated by an unusual number of jellyfish. He cautioned all swimmers and waders to use care when going into the water.

In a world beset with challenges, it is heartening to have the Biblical assurance "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. "   Ps.