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After Jesus changed the water into wine at a wedding feast (see John 2:1–11 ), word of his activities began to pass from village to village. It reached a certain nobleman in Capernaum, who sought out Jesus to heal his sick child (see John 4:46–54 ).

Perhaps one of the most perplexing aspects of Christian Science is its position on the nothingness of evil and discord. It is a question both newcomer to and seasoned student of this Science may find themselves pondering again and again.

“The vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science, is Love,” Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ( p. 113 ).

There’s a humorous book titled All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, by Robert Fulghum. He shares life lessons he learned in primary school and on the playground.

My love of church started small and quickly grew as I discovered what a tremendous blessing church involvement can be. As a child, I sporadically attended the Christian Science Sunday School.

Years ago, after graduating from high school, I entered a three-year training course for Christian Science nurses and then worked for several years as a floor supervisor and on-the-job instructor for other Christian Science nurses. Though the work was rewarding, after a time I began to feel that what I really wanted was to go to college.

Christian Science Nurse. A member of The Mother Church who represents himself or herself as a Christian Science nurse shall be one who has a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science practice, who thoroughly understands the practical wisdom necessary in a sick room, and who can take proper care of the sick.

The taxi driver showed me a picture of what he called a “lady” out of his shirt pocket—just a peek of her face—then he smiled. He was a brave soul for he knew that in the past at any moment he could be taken away for helping us meet the lady, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Prayer can bring calm to a storm—and even to political campaigns.

As hard as this may sometimes be to accept, death is only an experience of the observer.