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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.

Victoria, B. C.

During a Wednesday testimony meeting in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, a man in the congregation expressed his thanks to God for a recent healing of sickness. His remarks were a grateful tribute to God and to the healing power of His Christ.

The very foundation of Church is divine Love, God. And I've found that my concept of Church becomes less intellectual and more heartfelt when I put love into practice by making an effort to greet visitors to my church.

If You Wanted to get to the other end of a large, long room, your first step would bring almost no perceptible improvement in your position. But after a few more steps, you would definitely see some progress and also get the feeling that those steps were taking you in the right direction.