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Have you ever noticed that for every new idea, there always seems to be someone opposed to it? Today’s news headlines are filled with examples. We also see this line of thought raise its head in our churches, civic organizations, and even in our own households.

God may not have a political affiliation, says this contributor, but “He is the one intelligent and impartial power to whom we can each go for guidance. Whatever our concerns about fair and democratic government, whatever our politics, we can turn to Him wholeheartedly for solutions.”

“I’d like to make a difference, but I don’t know what to do. ” As a teacher, I’ve often heard this from my college students and have wondered if this is really the students’ view of themselves or if it is simply a rehashing of a cultural story heard over and over again from their families, peers, television, social media, etc.

I was at a recent Wednesday evening testimony meeting at my Christian Science branch church, listening to the gospel narrative of Jesus’ healing the ten lepers (see Luke 17:12–19 ). A corresponding citation from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy was also read.

After many years of drought in California’s Mojave Desert, plant life and desert wildflowers were thought to be incapable of survival until one season the rains came and refreshed the dry ground. The stream of cars driving out to the desert to see the fresh blooms stretched for miles.

There is a great deal of power in spiritual resolve. This precious quality of thought courageously affirms that God is all good, and sticks to it! Spiritual resolve is harvested from the soil of humility, which surrenders what we think we see and know, for what God is and does.

I grew up in Christian Science and joined The Mother Church when I was 12. A few years later, when I was a university student, I was backpacking in Greece and was in Athens on a Sunday.

During my senior year in high school, I was preparing for college in many ways. I felt one of the most important ways I could prepare was to become a member of The Mother Church.

The first year I attended college, I became active in the Christian Science organization (CSO) on campus. One day, The Mother Church sent a Christian Science practitioner to meet and talk with us.

I joined The Mother Church when I was in my teens. I had attended Sunday School and had some great healings.