Let the angels tell them
ANGELS. God's thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions, pure and perfect; the inspiration of goodness, purity, and immortality, counteracting all evil, sensuality, and mortality.Science and He...
The Christ-example: reflection and healing
In searching for an understanding of our true identity, we soon learn in Christian Science that man is in reality God's reflection. But what does this mean to us? We find the answers richly illumin...
The Disappearance of Matter
Outsiders sometimes misunderstand important points of Christian metaphysics. There may be occasions when we insiders also fail to grasp adequately those same points. In fact, the more clarity and e...
For years I suffered off and on from...
For years I suffered off and on from deep depression and suicidal feelings. While I never actually tried to take my life, the morbid attraction to doing this was so strong at times that I can hardl...
Something
There's something in you that never strikes back, that lets you bend under the blow and come gently upright; something in you that draws out laughter here within earshot of complaint; something th...
Between hurt and redeeming
Days have no number: snow flakes your closed petals' white, yet your heart knowsLove doesn't slumber. Somewhere between hurt and redeeming, your bruised stem straightens.Years cannot cumber. Close...
Dealing with the nonproductive
Once when Christ Jesus was hungry, he and his disciples came to a fig tree with no fruit on it, just leaves. Discovering the tree's false signal—the leaves were a sign that the tree should have had...
Christ Jesus and true sonship
The impact of the distinctive contribution Christ Jesus brought to mankind will be felt in human consciousness throughout time. He proved the full implication of man's sonship with God. He showed t...
The theology of care
The traditional Christian standard of care rests on Christ Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan. The parable's message provides a theological basis for supplying physical care to one in need. The l...
Love and church renewal
What can be said of coldness in the church, lack of caring, lack of spiritual affection?Do we rejoice spontaneously over the warmth and love we find in our church body? Or do we have cause for sadn...