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Quiet times
When I was a teen-ager I used to enjoy sitting alone in our backyard on quiet summer evenings. There was a feeling of peace and warmth, and I would do a lot of thinking, particularly about the future. These were special times, times to evaluate and ponder without the pressure, or even the loving concern, of others' viewpoints.
Since then I've learned to appreciate a different form of quietness, even more enriching. As much as I found those earlier times comforting, and perhaps occasionally entertained some lofty thoughts, I now see the higher value—and, in fact, the indispensability —of a spiritual quietness, of communion with God.

December 10, 1984 issue
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Peacemaking and prayer
CYNTHIA HOWLAND
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Jesus and the Christ Science
CLIFFORD KAPPS ERIKSEN
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Healing international tension
SUSAN FERINGER
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The gift of peace
DORIS KERNS QUINN
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Quiet times
STEPHEN T. CARLSON
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Our dwelling place
BONNIE ANDERSEN
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My Maui monster
CAROLYN HILL
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Shalom
STANLEY JOHN YORK
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Christmas, message of peace
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Christmas treasure—investment for the future
BARBARA-JEAN STINSON
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SPIES and angels
Carolyn F. Ruffin
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For forty years, reading the testimonies in The Christian Science Journal...
LOIS MACKAY BLOOMFIELD
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Because I have depended on the teachings of Christian Science...
MAURICE W. WILDIN
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One day on a school holiday I wasn't feeling well
MATTHEW MAYCOCK RATHSAM with contributions from CATHY MAYCOCK RATHSAM