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A few years ago I heard about a little boy who loved learning about his Father-Mother God. In Christian Science Sunday School class he had learned about Christ Jesus’ teaching concerning prayer.

Anyone who has taken a calculus class has probably heard of philosopher, mathematician, and statesman Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Visitors to Paris may have encountered a street there named after him, the Rue Leibniz.

When I recently called a friend to see how she was doing regarding some challenging family issues, she said, “Well, I’m keeping my head above water. ” In thinking about what I could say that might be helpful, the following came to mind.

If you think it’s odd to feel that deep study, prayer, and spiritual growth in Christian Science are joyous—well, consider this: What’s not deeply joy-filled about beginning to understand and prove the limitless possibilities of overcoming the limitations and inharmonies of matter? What’s not inspiring about beginning step by step to prove that matter, with all its boasting claims of being real substance, isn’t what it appears to be? Mary Baker Eddy described a period of deep study after her discovery of Christian Science. She searched the Bible to find out more about what lay behind the significant healing she’d experienced at that time.

The day before my oral defense for my doctorate degree, I sat in my advisor’s office, basking in her glowing feedback about my dissertation. But she concluded her compliments with the statement, “I just hope you pass the defense.

Haven’t we all , when faced with a daunting task, been tempted to say, “I just can’t do this?” Maybe it’s concerns about lack of time or resources or personal ability that convince us that there’s just no way. Fear of failure, if allowed to take hold in thought, can paralyze our best efforts, and stop us from even trying to succeed.

There’s a lot to learn from the story of Zacchaeus in the Bible.

The author prays to gain a clearer sense of man’s true, God-given innocence.

October–January Me? Run a marathon? I had never run more than five miles when I decided to start training for the 26. 2-mile race through a club in my high school called Dreamfar.

 I love the Christian Science periodicals! In fact, I take them with me wherever I go and read them at every opportunity—on the bus, the train, or standing in line—and they continually inspire me. I had the Christian Science Sentinel with me recently, and that day there were ample opportunities to read.