In March, Linda Kohler, a Christian Science nurse; Judy Wolff, C.S.B.; and Michael Pabst, C.S.B.—the three members of the Board of Trustees for The Christian Science Publishing Society—were interviewed by the Journal’s Rosalie E. Dunbar. Joining them were John Sparkman, C. S., Managing Publisher of the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald magazines; Jonathan Wells, Managing Publisher for The Christian Science Monitor, and Christian Harder, Manager of Bible Lesson Products. This is part two of the two-part interview. The first part appeared in the June 2012 Journal.
Linda: I was struck early on, in my work as a Trustee, with the fact that Mary Baker Eddy didn’t call this The Christian Science Publishing Company—she called it The Christian Science Publishing Society. That word society implies a community—it implies that there is a collective identity.
Judy: If you’re a member of the Church, you’re a member of the Publishing Society, because the Publishing Society represents the organs, or the publishing arm, of the Church.
