Articles

When faced with a potentially debilitating physical condition, the author gained spiritual insight and healing from our all-loving God.

Understanding the true nature of God as all-powerful and all good.

Just like David defeated Goliath, each of us can defeat any difficult challenge by trusting wholeheartedly in God.

As a child of God, each of us is a peacemaker.

Belief in mortality—birth and death—disappears with the understanding of man’s spiritual origin.

Discovering how we can think of the body in a spiritual light.

When I accepted an offer to study abroad at a university in England for my undergraduate education, I was thrilled to know there was a Christian Science church in the university’s city. I attended the church’s Sunday School every week, and quite often I was the only student present.

A little more than two years ago I found myself without a job and mourning the loss of a loved one. During this time I decided to devote myself to reading all of Mary Baker Eddy’s writings to get a clearer idea of God, and man as God’s expression, though the depression was so difficult to cope with that sometimes I just hated even being alive.

I remember my dad asking me one time when I was in middle school: “Do you think there are more stars in the universe, or more grains of sand in all the beaches on Earth?” I had no idea. Having loved astronomy since I was little, I guessed the stars.

As a child attending school I had trouble reading, although an examination showed that my eyes were far better than what is considered normal for good vision. My teachers didn’t know what to do to help me.