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In the Gospel of Luke , Christ Jesus shares a parable about a father and his two sons (see 15:11–32 ). The older son stays at home with his father, obediently tending to the family business, while the younger son leaves and spends his inheritance on a life of debauchery.

It’s a wonderful thing to feel the palpable, intimate presence of divine Love, when we’re conscious to some degree of God’s allness and our identity as His reflection. This exalted state of thought, which we seek daily to more fully achieve, is the consciousness of Christ, Truth—the spiritual consciousness that knows only what God knows and contains no erroneous suggestions about any intelligence, power, or existence apart from God, good.

Are you stumped by a problem and wondering why the answer continually eludes you? Working out the solution may involve an adjustment in method.   The Bible story of a fishing expedition recounted in John 21, verses 1–14 , illustrates this point.

When God presented Himself to Moses on Mount Horeb, in the middle of a burning bush, He said to him: “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground” ( Exodus 3:5 ). Why “holy ground”? Because God was there.

I once saw an ad on television that featured a woman frantically trying to finish her Christmas preparations. On her very long shopping list was written, “To get: Christ.

What a transformation comes over practically every aspect of people’s lives at that very special time of the year—the Christmas season. Families gather, parties are planned, holiday activities are organized.

The eternal promise of triumph over fear and hardship uplifts us and leads the way to healing.

The premise that man is spiritual is a revolutionary concept! And it’s central to Christian Science.

We’re never left comfortless and helpless. 

In this season of Thanksgiving and gratitude here in North America, I’ve been thinking about this: We don’t have to wait until we’ve been freed or healed to be grateful. Giving thanks to God in advance lifts us out of the belief that we’re mortal, limited, in pain, or sad.