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A friend of mine overheard a conversation between a four-year-old and her mother. "My feet are killing me," the four-year-old said, obviously repeating an adult's statement.

" What do you expect? I'm only human. " This response, often uttered in a matter-of-fact way, sums up a fundamental conviction about life—that by our very nature we're limited, and that imperfection, failure, and disappointment are an inescapable part of existence.

When I was about four or five, someone pointed out a small portrait of Christ Jesus on the wall of church one day. I didn't know much about Jesus at the time, so I kept looking at it, thinking, and wondering, Who was he? What was he like? I can recall clearly how I felt at that moment: serious, curious, reverent.

Officers of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Pastor Emeritus The Christian Science Board of Directors John Lewis Selover Olga M.

WHEN I NEED a more inspired sense of my God-given strength, I often think of this statement by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health: "Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor material power as able to destroy.

WHAT CAN WE DO when disagreements become intense? What rules can we follow in such situations? The Bible is a good source for direction! Here's one example in Genesis: Abraham's and Lot's herdsmen had problems, and Abraham's response was to speak with Lot and say, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. " Gen.

LOOKING FOR A DEEPER spiritual sense, I felt led to take Primary class instruction in Christian Science the summer between high school and college. During the class, certain things became essential to me: honesty, integrity, humble listening to God, and spiritual growth.

NOT TOO LONG AGO I was attending the church where I grew up. What used to be a church of several hundred members is today a small but sturdy group of a few dozen.

WHEN I WAS A SMALL GIRL, I loved to go to a vacation Bible school each summer at the Norwegian Lutheran Church. It wasn't all just fun; sometimes I learned something valuable.

MY FATHER TOLD ME about an experience he had as a freshman in college. He decided to take a course in physiology—a subject in which he had only a casual, non-professional interest.