LETTERS

with contributions from KRISTEN M. WATSO, YVONNE JARDIN KNISKERN, HARVEY GARDNER, TEMPIE STAHLIN, MARGARET LOMBARO HEIMER, DEE MAHUVAWALLA

I finally got a moment to write and express how grateful I am for Ruth Walker's article, "Compassion for those in disgrace," in the December 10 issue ["True manhood"].

From the Editors

Expect good

PATRICIA KADICK, STAFF EDITOR

Delightfully, Christian Science is teaching me to expect health and increased happiness, rather than a decrease in vitality and enthusiasm.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Cordell Eddings, Francesca Jarosz, Steve Stein

A PRAYER SERVICE for violence-ravaged Kenya drew hundreds Sunday [January6] to North United Methodist Church [in Indianapolis], where religious leaders and residents drew on faith for strength for friends and strangers in danger in the African nation.

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THE RENEWING POWER OF GOD

BY BARBARA M. VINING

The mental renovation of prayer can reverse physical decline, bringing regeneration and healing.

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LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST

BY BARBARA GUILD

A longtime windsurfer and skier proves that advancing years do not have to lead to a decrease in activity.

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AGELESS FREEDOM

BY LYNN SEBBARD

What does life after retirement look life? How about going back to school and starting a new career?

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A TOTAL TURNAROUND

BY DAVID J. MATHER

This writer shares a life-changing experience that came through finding God—just when everything seemed to be spinning out of control.

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Countering the threat of global warming

BY SCOTT PUTNAM

A flight over the Arctic Ocean opened this man's eyes to the need to pray more diligently for spiritual answers to global warming.

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THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL REFLECTION

BY KIM GREEN

There's no better way to praise God than by accepting you're as good as He is.

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Our Shepherd psalm

with contributions from Coco, Julia

Two girls from California share what they've learned about God in Sunday School.

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'JUST START ... NOW!'

BOB CLARK

AT THE BUSIEST TIME of my career, while serving as headmaster of a boarding/day school, I started to wonder whether this might be the right time to start my public practice of Christian Science healing.

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A WINTER MOMENT

SUSANNAH H. SNOWDEN

Heavy, wet snow had been falling all day.

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KEEP STEP WITH GOD

HEIDI HEINBAUGH

MY REAL GOAL (WHICH IS BETWEEN ME AND GOD ALONE) IS SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND PROGRESS, AND IT BECOMES CLEARER WHEN I PERSIST WITH JOY.

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BABEL-BUILDER OR SPIRIT-MOVED HEALER?

KEITH WOMMACK

WHAT STRUCK ME when I first read through this week's Christian Science Bible Lesson was the contrast between two of its Bible stories.

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PEACE IN AN ELECTION SEASON

EARLENE ASHER

SWEET, PRODUCTIVE INTERCHANGES ARE THE NORMAL PRODUCT OF HONEST AND HEARTFELT COMMUNICATION.

Testimony of Healing

'I COULD SING AND TALK FREELY AGAIN'

LINDA POOLER

One late-spring night in 2006, before a testimony meeting at our local Christian Science branch church, I was feeling very agitated physically and asked my daughter if she would pray for me during the service.