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A few years ago, I went to the Christian Science Reading Room during lunchtime to read the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson and pray, as I often do. On my arrival there was a lady, who was not a student of Christian Science, listening to a CD.

While sitting before a beautiful landscape, one is easily awed by the magnitude of God’s creative power. As the scene unfolds, changing light reveals new shapes and colors, while a sense of peace and well-being fills the viewer’s thought.

It was August 2009. My husband had been asked to give the address at his Christian Science Students Association in Chicago, which I have also been visiting each year.

When I was a young teen, my dad experimented with investing in the commodity futures market. He grew potatoes on the family farm, and a farmer friend had convinced him to hedge his crop against low prices through the purchase of futures on a commodity exchange.

My academic training was in physics and electrical engineering. These disciplines use logical thinking to explain cause and effect.

Have you ever heard someone question why Christian Science doesn’t have adult Sunday School? Perhaps you have done so yourself? The query really speaks of a heart’s desire to learn more about this Science. But just because one is older than 20 doesn’t mean they have missed out.

I have always been inspired by Mary Baker Eddy’s life, but I felt the impact of it on mine most vividly a couple of years ago. I had volunteered to substitute for the person who usually worked in the Christian Science Reading Room that day, and had looked forward to praying for the needs of the community and meeting people who came in.

“For the world to understand me in my true light, and life, would do more for our Cause than aught else could” (Robert Peel, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority, p. 60).

Very early in her seminal work, Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures , Mary Baker Eddy makes the bold and evocative statement, “The time for thinkers has come” ( p. vii ).

This phrase comes from a hymn I love, the first stanza of which begins: “Trust the Eternal when the shadows gather. ” The final stanza counsels,.