No personification of good or evil
In evaluating and analyzing world affairs from the daily news, it seems logical to identify the presence of good or evil with a particular person or group of people. Not only are these attributes a...
The power of one prayer
"Did you remember to say your prayers?" How many times did I hear that growing up! And I said my prayers, every night, the last thing before I went to sleep. I went to church, too, every...
Humility in the classroom
One day I was wondering what it would have been like to live in the early days of Christianity, to hear or see the healings that we read about in the book of Acts in the Bible. How would it have be...
What and where is Spirit?
If you’re like me, you’re looking for more and better spirituality than you had yesterday. Working at it each day, I’m growing a little at a time through searching the Bible and the best book I kno...
Reflections on a mother's healing
While living with me, my mother Alice experienced a wonderful instantaneous healing of a crippling infirmity through Christian Science. Sometime later, we as a family went to a theme park where the...
Stress-free studying
Have you ever felt burdened with work, whether it is homework, your job, or household chores that have to get done all in one day?As a college student in a rigorous education program, I often feel...
God is in the blessing business
“Deep waters. Rough patches. Hard times.” Call them what you will, we all have times of great difficulty that can try our faith in God. Yet right there, even in the midst of deepest despair, is God...
Stand up to fear
A little over two years ago, I was elected First Reader of my Christian Science branch church. You can imagine the joy I felt that night after accepting this new position. Soon though, my joy turne...
The promise of eternal life
Recently, I was watching a television documentary called, The Real Face of Jesus? in which computer artists generated the possible face and body of Jesus. They used advanced 3D computer t...
Seeing the unseen
To outward appearances, Mary Baker Eddy was just another mortal walking around in her corner of the world. And in a way, she lived a normal life for someone who was propelled into the world’s limel...