Find inspiration in the latest issue

I looked at the July Journal for a theme to share with you, and found a lot of variety in its contents. Variety is appropriate for right now because our needs are so varied. People are balancing a wide range of demands for justice, work, personal health, child care, and financial security. 

Even when our needs seem so varied, this Journal gives examples of how God meets them all. The authors bring out that our first and deepest need is to know God better. This leads to healing. One testifier writes, “God was becoming nearer and dearer in my thoughts, and my life choices started to show that.” 

Barbara Vining has an editorial that gets us acquainted with God as the All-in-all. It’s called “The All-in-all—the sure foundation for healing.” 

The lead article by Chet Manchester, with a nod to Independence Day in the United States, says: “As you dare to think expansively about God, to plumb the Scriptures for their inspired meaning, you’re in step with the original spiritual revolutionaries.” 

Louis Benjamin tackles the subject of fear and how it is healed. He writes that spiritual sense shows us what God sees, “all His creation as eternal, unchangeable, and infinite spiritual ideas moving together in concord.”

Don’t miss the interview “Christian Science informal groups: Where two or three are gathered in Christ’s name.” Ariana Herlinger and Brian Abbott from the Church Activities Department of The Mother Church tell us about their department’s latest outreach to people who might want to form or join an informal group.

I think you’ll find something here that meets your needs. Let’s get into this newest Journal!

Susan Stark
Managing Editor