Find inspiration in the latest issue

Consider this your virtual welcome mat for the September issue. Come on in. 

In many parts of the world, September is a time when kids go back to school, businesses ramp up for an autumn sales boost, and routines change. Even in areas where this doesn’t apply, a shift in seasons brings with it a feeling of newness and expectation. 

And yet this year things feel different. As the world faces mighty challenges that hardly even need to be named, it appears that we’re a global family that has been through the wringer. Despite the turmoil, in some ways we’re standing stronger and more hopeful than ever. 

If you’re familiar with this magazine, you’re probably feeling a desire to dig a little deeper to appreciate the groundbreaking ideas from the Christian Science Pastor, the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and to put those ideas into daily practice. If you’re new to the Journal (or even if you’ve lost track of how long you’ve been a subscriber), what better way to receive a reminder of God’s unstoppable love than exploring the pages of this issue.  

Leading this month’s issue, you’ll find an abbreviated transcript of the 2020 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, broadcast online from the Church’s Original Edifice. The theme was “Our duty to God, to our Leader, and to mankind,” which refers to the “Alertness to Duty” By-Law from the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy (see p. 42). There are lots of things I can say about this meeting, but what stood out the most—as I joined the online event from my dining room table—was the powerful spirit of Christian mercy and clear-eyed attentiveness to the world’s needs, and the commitment to respond to them. The mothering aspect of Church was at work and is evident in the transcript as well.

With the Annual Meeting as the focal point of the issue, each article and testimony supports humanity’s quest to find freedom from suffering and know the true nature of our creator. We’ve designed this issue to appeal to spiritual seekers far and wide, not just members of The Mother Church. So whether you read the entire magazine, or pick and choose articles and healing testimonies to read as you navigate God’s day, the staff here at the Journal is happy to have helped provide a thoughtful, inspiring boost to your prayers. 

Jenny Sinatra
Staff Editor