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Anything that’s special or valuable must satisfy a need. In order to fully appreciate the value of Christian Science, its movement, and its Leader, it is imperative to understand the ultimate need or problem of the human condition and how only this Science solves it.

In her book,  Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896 , Mary Baker Eddy wrote the following: “The leading self-evident proposition of Christian Science is: good being real, evil, good’s opposite, is unreal. This truism needs only to be tested scientifically to be found true, and adapted to destroy the appearance of evil to an extent beyond the power of any doctrine previously entertained” ( p.

Over the past ten years, I’ve gained the most spiritual growth and understanding from attending a Christian Science summer camp for children. Each year, I’ve come home with a new, clearer view of my identity as God’s spiritual reflection.

The author notes that the “underlying unity of all creation is found in one common Creator," and that we are "forever united with each other now and always.”

At the end of the chapter “Recapitulation” in  Science and Health , Mary Baker Eddy laid out six tenets she deemed necessary for committed readers to adopt as their own, if they wished to seriously practice her teachings in their lives (see pages 496–497 ). They can also be found in the opening pages of the  Church Manual  (see pp.

In Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Trials are proofs of God’s care” ( p. 66 ).

I remember tugging on my mom’s Sunday dress the first time I saw a soloist sing in church, whispering with budding excitement, “Mommy, I want to do that!” I couldn’t wait to get in front of an audience. Shortly afterward, I started voice and piano lessons, and when I turned 18, I started soloing in church.

One day I was walking alone. I had trotted 30 kilometers from a commercial center to my native village in the Mayombe forest in the Congo, because the road was not good for lorries.

My siblings and I share a stepdad. Whenever we have a success to report, however modest, he will smile with pride and announce, “It’s all in the genes.

The other day I was listening on the radio to a song by a French singer, and the lyrics asked a more or less disillusioned question: “What if heaven is void?”  I wanted to ask that singer: “But what kind of heaven are you speaking about? Are you thinking of it as an area above our heads?” It occurred to me that even that “area” above our heads is infinite, filled with billions and billions of stars and galaxies. Astronomical discoveries continually push back the limits of what is called the universe.