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TO OUR READERS
That a baby's arrival not be considered a "medical" event is certainly a liberating perspective. How much more freeing, thought, to grasp the spiritual truth of that child's appearing. "Pregnancy and childbirth: spiritual preparation" shows how one couple's prayers paved the way for their daughter's arrival. Another piece, "Fearless mothering," tells how a new mother overcame an excessive concern for her daughter's well-being.
Of course, not all mothers come to the role in the typical way. Blended families and those formed through adoption and stepparenting face some uncommon challenges. In "Belle-mère or beautiful mother," a stepmother shares some of the lessons she learned when she married into a "ready-made family" of five.
Whether you're expecting a child, anticipating new responsibilities at work, raising crops, or overseeing a construction project, we think you'll find this look at the spiritual dimensions of motherhood can contribute to the ideas you're nurturing in your own experience. Enjoy!
—The Editors

August 25, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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Pregnancy and childbirth: spiritual preparation
Pamela Lishin Jones
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Fearless mothering
Margaret Welch Dendler
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Belle-mère or beautiful mother
Colleen Feldmann Douglass
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Finding freedom from apathy in the workplace
Philip Joseph Noone
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Don't dis!
Sandra Jane Rygel
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Bad temper healed
Shelagh Campbell
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The apostles and early followers of Jesus
Amy K. Anderson
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WORD SEARCH
by Florence M. Adams
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Bill Moyers speaks at Brown University
by Kim Shippey
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Young people, you're tomorrow's heroes
Mary Metzner Trammell
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Thirty years ago I was pregnant and very ill
Therezinha Cézar Sawaya
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Little did I know, while trimming large rhododendrons in a...
Charles Wesley Neiman