Liz came to class wearing a blue rubber bracelet on her right wrist.   “It’s to keep me from complaining,” she explained. One of her children had sent it to her. “Every time I complain, I have to switch wrists. The goal is to go twenty-one days without switching wrists.”   The idea, launched by Rev. Will Bowen of Christ ...

Thunder?   At first, it sounded as if a giant wheelbarrow had grumbled across the mesa top. Whatever it was, the noise was unusual and loud enough to rouse both my husband and I from half-slumber at 6:30 a.m.   ''Rockslide,'' I mumbled, remembering the 4-foot rock that had tumbled from the sandstone cliffs above the orchard the day ...

Four More Magic Words and How To Use Them ''No, Mommy!'' says the three-year-old boy, bolting from bed. ''You didn’t do it right. Start over.'' Oh yeah. I have learned that for me, there is one magic word. Please. Of course. It works wonders. I will give the kid chocolate at bedtime if he says ''Please, Mommy, can I have some chocolate, ...