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One of the most discouraging beliefs afflicting humanity is that of old age and its threat of irreversible deprivation, decay, and decrepitude. Mrs.

Sometimes sin leads us into anguish, and we feel degrading guilt and unworthiness. Other times sin is subtly hidden in thought, and we may not even recognize it.

Everyone wants to feel loved, appreciated, and understood. But there are many people who for one reason or another feel left out, excluded, and rejected.

Chastity . Not a word you hear very often.

The human family is universally concerned with relationships. And in these relationships, problems may arise, whether involving a parent, a spouse, a child, a special friend, a business associate, a teacher, teammate, fellow church member, government official, or a foreign country.

How often we hear of those who speak of finding a new lease on life, a new beginning—of those who say they have been born again through their awakened sense of the presence of God. When people accept the presence of God as divine Life, they find freedom from troubles, even from disease.

Perhaps our closest neighbor is our husband or wife. Christ Jesus advised that those who marry "are no more twain, but one flesh.

Whether at a shopping mall, on a college campus, or in the foyer of a church, a bulletin board is a great place for people to share information. You can learn a lot about an active community from reading local bulletin boards.

Who hasn't thought at one time or another, "I should pray more"? A life of prayer. Perhaps we've thought that at some point we'd like to live a more prayer-filled life, to live more closely to our Father, to have our lives outlined more by the divine, unchanging reality of being and less by the jagged contours of human circumstances.

As we draw to the close of the twentieth century, perhaps more of the world's peoples than ever before are familiar with and deeply concerned about the subject of economics and its many ramifications. This interest may range from the sale of meager crops in a developing country where many are living at subsistence level to a multibillion-dollar company with its far-reaching impact.