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At the back of this magazine there is a directory of names of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. We thought it might be helpful to Journal readers, and especially to those who are considering fuller engagement in Christian Science healing, to hear some of these practitioners share a few thoughts about how they got started in the full-time practice.

Twenty centuries ago, the Apostle Paul made a startling declaration: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. " Rom.

At a World's Fair early in this century, one of the featured attractions was a new concept, which today is used in zoos all over the world —the open-air bear and lion pits. Large, natural settings had been built into the hillside, reproducing the animals' natural habitat.

There's an airplane flight I especially enjoy. It's a trip to Seattle, Washington.

Discipleship is strengthening and expansive. "Go ye into all the world," Christ Jesus said to his followers, "and preach the gospel to every creature.

Many thinkers are recognizing that changes in thought over the last century point to a major shift in worldview—in the broad mental framework in which the details of experience are understood. That this shift has occurred through something more profound than linear logic was argued in a seminal book published several decades ago, the influence of which is signified by the recent publication of its third edition.

As we came careening down the side of the mountain, all of us on the toboggan thought it was one of the best runs we'd had! That is, until we crashed—and it appeared I might have broken a bone in my foot. That evening I called a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me.

The supreme law of divine Love perpetually governs the entire universe and everything within it. When we clearly understand and conscientiously affirm that this law is always in operation, we experience the omnipotent power of God in our lives.

One of Aesop's fables tells us that "the north wind and the sun were arguing as to which of them would first have the cloak off a traveller's shoulders. The wind began and blew for all he was worth, thinking to strip the wearer by main force.

Every parent would like to know the perfect way to handle his or her children. How can one say no and at the same time communicate love? How can one feel accomplishment in instilling values and setting standards for children while the children feel that adults are out of touch with the times or indifferent to their needs? Bookstores and libraries have shelves of books devoted to answering such questions, to satisfying the demand for solutions.