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I love our hymns. For me, they are prayers that give comfort and guidance.

I am by no means a master at gardening, but I do get a great deal of satisfaction from it, and it has given me spiritual insight with regard to prayer.   For example, Jesus said in the book of Mark: “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how” ( Mark 4:26, 27 ).

Perhaps we all need to reconsider our views about money. The Bible unequivocally states, “the love of money is the root of all evil” ( I Tim.

A few summers ago, I had an opportunity to housesit for a friend in Colorado. This meant that I would need to drive across country so I could bring my dog with me.

Apartment living had been the norm for me as I lived in several different cities. But I’d always wanted to own my own home.

In my final year of graduate school, I was introduced to Christian Science by a friend and had a healing of a chronic stomach problem.   After I finished school, I completed a six-month course in computer programming and started looking for a job.

As a teacher of college physics, and a Christian Scientist, I have been impressed by the clear understanding of optics shown by Mary Baker Eddy in her book, Science and Health. While taking a sabbatical at a neighboring university, I learned a fresh definition of the word image from a master physics teacher: “a collection of points, each of which corresponds exactly to a point in the source.

When I began studying Christian Science, I was very interested in its potential to remedy dental problems. Frankly, I had more eagerness than understanding.

Every motorcyclist quickly learns that the greatest danger comes from other drivers, despite their best intentions. They are the ones who, for whatever reason, don’t look for you and often don’t see you.

In the Bible, the barest of descriptions is given to the angels Michael and Gabriel. The Apostle John speaks briefly of Michael who with his band casts the red dragon out of heaven in a show of victory over evil (see Rev.