Article December 16, 1967 Issue

Tim Makes the Team

[For young teens]

MARTHA SWANSON BRUCK

Will I be chosen for the team? Will I be selected for the job? Will the student body elect me? How can I trust that the outcome will be the right one when it seems to depend on the choice or decision of others?

Tim badly wanted to make the school basketball team. A number of fellows tried out, but only twelve would be chosen. When he returned home from the final tryout, he told his mother a bit fatalistically: "Well, it's up to the coach now. I don't know what my chances are." He was not much interested when his mother reminded him that this was an opportunity to use his understanding of Christian Science.

"What can I do?" he said. "It's up to the coach now!"

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