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Keeping the feeders full
A neighbor maintains bird feeders in back of our condo. There are the regulars—cardinals, Carolina chickadees, and sparrows, and then there are frequent visitors—blue jays and mockingbirds. They congregate day after day, rain or shine, very dependably. The warblers visit on their way through town a couple of times a year.
Every so often I notice a new bird eyeing the feeder. If it’s brave, it’ll sneak in and grab a couple of seeds, then sprint for cover. Liking the sample, it might return and perch to take a deeper look. But the regulars don’t encourage newcomers. Unless the newcomer is persistent, it will probably have to look elsewhere.
About the author
Elise Moore is a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, and lecturer who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and Tucson, Arizona.

February 7, 2011 issue
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Letters
Ursula Stone, Susan Moore, Brian Kissock, Dick Arlen, Margaret Zuber, Mary Allyene McKinley
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Lifting weights
Ingrid Peschke, Managing Editor
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The rewards of daily Bible reading
Greg Miller
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Australian flood: not too late to pray
Beverly Goldsmith
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Praise the abundance of God
Christa Kreutz
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From skeptic to believer
Donald Snyder
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Progress through Church
Jan True Jacoby
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Time and energy–divinely inspired
By Bob Bilhorn
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Keeping the feeders full
Elise Moore
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Prayer on the starting block
By Jenna Mehlenbacher
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The grace that lifts our burdens
By Michelle Nanouche
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God ‘carries the load’
By John Kinguru
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Smile with your soul
By Kim Shippey, Senior Writer
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Love waits to bless
Kerry Alvarado
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God’s love heals
By Thomas Mitchinson
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Church bulletin bloopers
Carolina Casperson
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Health care, we have a problem
By Russ Gerber
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Mountain thoughts
Anne Daly
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Prayer heals facial growth
Bryan Nichols
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Hearing restored
Marlin Templeton
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Leg pain healed
Jan Libengood
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Defusing the pension time bomb
The Editors