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From the Editors

Leaving the old for the new

Dorothy Estes, Editor, Journal, Sentinel, Herald

As an old year yields necessarily and graciously to a new one, it’s not uncommon to leave previous patterns of thought and action to embrace freshly inspired ones.
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Light that never goes out

Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor

We think about Christmas all year long.
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More than just good advice

Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor

Everyone’s got marriage advice: “Don’t go to bed angry.
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Triumph over evil

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

Is the devil (or evil in its many insidious guises) still hovering around, despite Jesus’ bold efforts to reject it during that mountaintop temptation over two thousand years ago? And are we turning from such inducements with equal vehemence?
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Goodbye to sadness

Rosalie E. Dunbar, Senior Staff Editor

Three good friends of mine passed away recently.
Kids

Be ready to receive a blessing

Maike Byrd

Carolyn Decillo—Staff In Germany, where I grew up, many people light candles on what is called an “advent” wreath, in the four weeks before Christmas.
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A harvest of spiritual fruits

Aaron Bingham, Staff Editor

Thanksgiving is a special time to give deep gratitude to God for the overflowing harvest of fruits we’ve each received from divine Life, Truth, and Love over the past year.
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What does God expect?

Laura Skarie, Staff Editor

“But what will other people think?
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A noble calling

Nancy Mullen, Staff Editor

“In your peaceful homes remember our brave soldiers, whether in camp or in battle,” Mary Baker Eddy urges us.
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A different tack

Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor

As the United States presidential election gets nearer, lots has been written about the relationship between politics and religion.
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The center point

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

Almost 35 years ago, Bunny McBride wrote a poem for The Christian Science Journal (April 1978) in which she spoke of spiritual intuition as that center point
which sees
harmony so inevitable,
discord so impossible.
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I'll take the blessings

Gillian Litchfield, Copy Editor

Luck or blessings?