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Promises that are kept
Our lives are touched and influenced by all sorts of promises. Some are explicit or even formal; others are more or less implied in given circumstances or by the occasion. In a marriage, for example, there's the stated promise between two people to love, honor, and cherish each other. Or in raising a family, there's the implicit but absolutely fundamental commitment we make from the very beginning to provide our children with the best possible care we know how.
There are many other kinds of promises. People pledge allegiance to their country; workers make assurances to their employers. In turn, government and business leaders assume certain obligations to the people in their respective spheres of responsibility. And don't we often promise things to ourselves—to watch our temper, perhaps; to finish some project we've started; to give more attention to the needs of others; to consider the effect of our actions and consumption on the natural environment around us; and so on?

February 19, 1990 issue
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Trapped by marriage?
Written for the Sentinel
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True love
Lyle R. Young
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Upward flight
Dorothy K. McCurdy
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Threatening little boy? Or child of God?
Written for the Sentinel
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What brings someone to the point of healing?
Florence Townley Bowles
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FROM THE Directors
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Islands of innocence
Ann Kenrick
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Promises that are kept
William E. Moody
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The forsaken garden
Virginia Thesiger
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During the summer between my junior and senior years...
Heather Pedersen
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Before I started to study Christian Science I was afflicted each...
Anthony M. White
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When I returned home after the Second World War, during...
David G. Van Vliet