A imensidão da igreja
Recentemente, diverti-me muito ao pensar sobre uma história muito conhecida, e como ela se relaciona à Igreja. Ela se refere a um homem que estava em uma inundação. As águas chegaram até o primeiro...
Growing closer to God
I was a Reader in my Christian Science branch church for 19 years. All but one of those years I served as First Reader. Why so long? Because our membership was small in number, and most years at el...
Church: are we really there?
I love attending my branch church in Nigeria. There is such a warm, palpable sense of fellowship, and always a vibrant expectation of witnessing another’s spiritual progress through a testimony of...
Gathering to glorify God
A few years ago, I decided to gather all my nephews and nieces to have a month-long Bible camp in Balagbag, Cuenca, City of Batangas, Philippines. My nephews and friends also brought with them thei...
A healing presence at a marathon
Last November, over 10,000 runners picked up registration packets at the Big Sur International Half Marathon Health and Fitness Expo in Monterey, California. As the participants picked up their co...
Board work––a healing service
. . . . I’m a member of the executive board at my local Christian Science branch church, and one afternoon I had a board meeting to attend. I had also been dealing with cold symptoms off and on thr...
A vibrant, active testimony meeting
Last summer, I was visiting a Christian Science church to attend a Wednesday evening testimony meeting. I had recently moved back to the area, and I had previously been living in a town with a vibr...
Gebet für die Gemeinde
Für mich ist das Gebet für die Gemeinde der Hauptgrund, warum wir Gottesdienste besuchen. Natürlich könnten wir alle sonntags die christlich-wissenschaftliche Bibellektion auch zu Hause lesen und s...
A church built to last
My experience as a church member was getting dull. I wished to feel love and joy. Thankfully, God heard my desire and answered it with a spiritual breakthrough. I started to understand better what...
Wednesdays—all about appreciation
I love Wednesday evening testimony meetings. What has always struck me about these meetings is how the heartfelt and sincere expressions of appreciation have lifted me up in much the same wa...