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Parting the Red Sea The Red Sea is defined in Science and Health as “the dark ebbing and flowing tides of human fear” ( p. 566 ).

We’ve all probably heard of the concept of original sin, which is from the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible. In the book of Genesis, the world is described as a perfect paradise, up until the first sin was committed, when Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord and ate the forbidden apple.

We all lived together in an eco-village in the Scottish Highlands. Tucked high up on a south-facing hillside, overlooking a long-stretching loch that mirrored the sky, we were establishing an alternative community, working towards a self-sufficient, zero-waste life.

Recently, I was watching a television documentary called,  The Real Face of Jesus?  in which computer artists generated the possible face and body of Jesus. They used advanced 3D computer technology and forensic data based upon impressions made on the Shroud of Turin to master this.

A little over two years ago, I was elected First Reader of my Christian Science branch church. You can imagine the joy I felt that night after accepting this new position.

When I answered the phone, I heard my two grown daughters crying in terror. They were in the mountains of Colorado watching a gigantic mudslide.

To outward appearances, Mary Baker Eddy was just another mortal walking around in her corner of the world. And in a way, she lived a normal life for someone who was propelled into the world’s limelight.

Why did Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science Church, establish a secular international newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor? Why would a religious leader also have a purpose for news and information? As a staff editor for the Monitor, it’s a question I have thought about a lot.

As I sit on the couch, our family’s pet cat, Lily, is curled up next to me. Sometimes she lifts her head to look at me with begging eyes.

I have known the 23rd Psalm since I was a child. A friend was given a Bible for perfect attendance in her Sunday School, and she shared that Bible with me.