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This title is not a reference to the footwear of Nike, Ferragamo, or Florsheim. It relates to one who brings good tidings.

On a recent visit to Malta, we went to the caves and catacombs where Paul had been. I was stirred to look again at the Biblical accounts of his healing work, his demonstrations of God's law.

The Apostle Paul said, "I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. " II Cor.

Dwelling in certain hilly backwoods areas of the United States are hardy individuals known as mountain men and women. These rural folk are often admired for their rugged individualism, love of freedom, and down-to-earth practicality There are, however, other "mountain" people, so to speak, whose lives and penetrating wisdom are even more worthy of emulation—the great thinkers and doers of the Bible.

Think of the powerful effect of a single glimpse of God! I experienced this power for myself when oh-so familiar (to me) words of great import that I'd heard every Sunday in church and memorized as a child came alive to me when I was in dire need, and healed me. These words are "the scientific statement of being.

In the late 1960s, Peter Link played the lead in the protest musical Hair on Broadway. During the day, he could be seen in a leading role in CBS's then number one soap opera As The World Turns.

There is no escaping the fact that sculptor Ross Matteson is a northwesterner at heart. He loves the forests, the mountains, the seascapes, and even the rain.

Creativity is a very attractive and practical quality, sometimes sought after in a variety of bizarre ways. He's a very creative person, or she's a very creative manager, we might say of someone.

Fresh and timely There is no question that in this new Journal format you have achieved your goal of enhancing "the vitality of the spiritual ideas that have always made up the substance of this magazine" [ Journal, January 1999], Thank you for the deep prayer and genuine inspiration that have produced these changes. You have made the Journal truly "abreast of the times" as we approach the twenty-first century.

When in 1867 Mary Baker Eddy first began to take pupils in order to teach them the Science of Christ, she taught from the Bible and she also turned these students to the Scriptures. Today, the Christian Science Quarterly Weekly Bible Lessons, whose topics she chose, fulfill a major role in helping anyone who studies them stay close to the Bible and explore its healing, spiritual meaning.