Your Insights

When I first found Christian Science, I was surprised to learn that I didn’t have to catch a cold just because it was going around. One day I asked the librarian at a Christian Science Reading Room some questions about how to handle the “bug” people were complaining about.

Have you ever wondered if the opportunity to bless humanity in a meaningful way has passed you by, and that now it’s too late? I know I have. But I find great comfort in the fact that each one of us is always blessed to be a blessing.

We occasionally use the expression “out of the mouth of babes” ( Ps. 8:2 ) when hearing a child utter something that sounds so “adult” or mature.

A recent Christian Science Bible Lesson contained this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy: “The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man’s origin” ( p. 262 ).

When I was elected to serve as First Reader, I was a shy and uncertain member of a small Christian Science church. Although I was in my 20s and felt very inexperienced, I knew from my prayer that this was the right place for me to be and the right time for me to be there.

I often watch the television program Antiques Roadshow. It’s one of my favorites.

Several years ago our son was participating in a round-the-world sailboat race, which took about nine months. The finish line was in Southampton, England, which is up the English Channel.

Travel can be an opportunity for advancing spiritually by following God’s direction, as I have learned.   A couple of years ago my husband and I took a river boat cruise from Vienna to the Black Sea.

As I was listening to the children’s testimonies, and testimonies involving children, at an online Christian Science Wednesday testimony meeting, I found myself relishing the simple, childlike thoughts and spiritual truths that were being expressed. There were no fancy words, no intricate explanations—just clear reliance on the basic principles learned from Sunday School and parents.

Have you ever had a dream where you could fly, where you had the ability to take off, soar, and look down on scenes below? I had such a dream recently. I could move sideways and up and down.