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What changes – and what's changeless

What could be more exciting than the unbounded possibilities presented by a new year?
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Stories behind the story

Stephanie Paulsell, who teaches at Harvard Divinity School, once wrote that when the first candle is lit and the voices of Advent sing out across the church, “Wake up! It’s time to begin again!” it feels like the most graceful invitation she’s ever heard.
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Lyrical leading

What’s your favorite psalm?
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Stones and light

I first visited Berlin in 1992, nearly three years after the wall came down.
Kids

Adventures with God

Do you like adventures?
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Spiritual bedrock

“It all comes back to the Bible.
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An answer of peace

In the second of two books issued in 1922 and 1947 by The Christian Science Publishing Society on the Church’s wartime activities, it’s pointed out that “.
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Expect results

Just like those brilliant trees pictured on our cover this week, perhaps you’ve reached for the light, for a higher perspective of your life, that caused you to grow and change for the better.

Pick the good side

A friend told me a sweet anecdote about his grandparents.
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Your career, your calling

Whether someone is trying to find a job in their chosen career, or feels stuck in a rut and is looking for career advancement, people all want to make the right career moves.
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Excuse me, but there’s a mote in your eye . . .

Judgment is a topic we’re all probably familiar with, whether we’ve been on the sending or receiving end of unkind assessments at one point or another.
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A blessing for all

Pregnancy and childbirth—our topic for this week’s Sentinel—are an established, inescapable part of the human experience.