July 23, 2001
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From the Editors
When MY Husband And I
were engaged, we talked a lot about the children we hoped we'd have.
I would like to thank you for allowing so much space for the interview with Marine Corporal Scott Wallace, "Armed and artistic" [June 11].
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"The Most Dramatic Shift
in American living conditions in the past decade was a 62 percent rise in households headed by single fathers.
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A husband and wife who are both Christian healers tell what it means to pray for their own children.
By Bettie Gray After growing up with constant chronic illness, the author found what she was looking for to help herself and her young family ... an option besides pain or drugs.
"Let's pray and just move this thing right off you because it doesn't belong to you. You're God's child, and God never created it."
One of the most important ways the Bible helps us is by showing us a significance to daily living that transcends the physical.
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself standing on the beach, with a child in severe pain from a jellyfish sting? Would prayer be of any real help? It was to this family.
Just when you think that all your child hears when you talk about God is "blah, blah," something like this happens.
Is there any point in praying when the dentist says, "This kid's going to need braces"? Read about the difference it made for Doug, and his mom, and the family's bank account.
Herlinger When you give a child the gift of knowing how to pray, the blessing starts in the moment... and reaches far into the future.
I agreed with my husband to treat our son exclusively through prayer.
Recognizing my own inability to prepare for the exam in time, I turned to God in prayer.
It was a new experience to be praying for her when she wasn't feeling well.
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If you're seeking healing, public practitioners of Christian Science are ready to assist you.
Suppressing tears doesn't solve the problem. Whatever caused them needs to be dealt with, and the sorrow wiped away.
