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'Spiritual armor' at summer camp
Last summer I went to a summer camp for Christian Scientists near where I live. I was attending Ski Camp, which is a two-week program that takes place off campgrounds. We stayed in cabins by the lake and went waterskiing and wakeboarding almost every day. I was excited to try wakeboarding for the second time. (In case you don’t know, wakeboarding involves strapping your feet into a board similar to a snowboard. You stand up in the water and try to go from side to side across the wake left by the boat.)
I went out behind the boat and stood up on the wakeboard. I tried to go from side to side across the wake, as I’d been taught, but I didn’t realize I would fall if the edge of the wakeboard got caught in the wake. One of my edges soon caught, and I face-planted. As soon as my face hit the water, my mouth started to hurt, and as I came to the surface, two of my counselors noticed the blood on my face.
About the author
Brittany Duke is in eighth grade. She loves summer camp, playing basketball, tennis, and reading.

April 30, 2012 issue
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Letters
Vicki Knickerbocker, Diane Ward, Karen Rippberger, Louise Worsham
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'Written in heaven'
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Superstition and witchcraft–null and void
Lyle Young
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Thoughts aligned with God–not the stars
Michelle Nanouche
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Let divine Love lead you
Evan Bryant
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My prayer for the rhinos
Yvonne Prinsloo
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Asking with the heart
Alex Cook
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'Begone, dull care!'
Andrew Wilson
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'There is no spot where God is not.'
Judith Hardy Olson
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'Spiritual armor' at summer camp
Brittany Duke
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: What's the hurry?
Katherine Stephen
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Stay in Church
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Insight while flying over Iraq
John Kohler
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Silence the serpent
Kathleen Collins
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Of cats and Christianity
Andrea Moon
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Honor everyone
Sentinel staff
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Women in military ministry
Sentinel staff
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Love heals
Ute Keller
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Leg pain quickly healed
Paul Muriuki Ngugi
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Healing of a urinary problem
Nicolas Mupepe Lata
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Breaking the cycle of bullies and victims
The Editors