Articles

In his article in this issue of the Journal (p. 27), Tom Black has brought out the crucial importance Mary Baker Eddy placed on Christian Scientists being alert to and dealing with the aggressive resistance to Truth she called "animal magnetism.

AS A SMALL CHILD, I would often go to a "secret place" in my garden where I could be with God. It was a good place.

A FEW YEARS AGO , I was in a relationship with a man whom I adored. After a few months of dating, we quickly moved in together.

In these pages we've gathered several shorter items–articles of less than a page in length and excerpts from longer manuscripts that offer useful, inspiring insights. We hope you enjoy this kind of short-form nourishment in each issue.

I WAS A FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENT on a bus traveling from western Massachusetts to Boston, reading a collection of writings by civil rights leader Martin Luther King. As I turned the pages, I slid one of my fingers along an edge and got a paper cut.

POWERFUL WINDS BUFFETED ME as I walked along the boisterous Pacific Ocean. But when I headed toward some steep bluffs, I found the forceful winds much less intense.

WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH – or even when everything is going along fine—can we really hear what God is communicating to us, as did the ancient prophet Elijah when he heard the "still small voice" on Mount Horeb ( I Kings 19:12 )? Yes! In Hebrew, the still, small voice is literally translated "a sound of a gentle stillness" ( The Interpreter's Bible, I Kings, Vol. 3, p.

I LOVE GARDENING, but I'm not as diligent about removing weeds as I'd like to be. If left to propagate, they'll take over the whole plot, leaving my beautiful flowers unable to flourish and bloom.

ZUCCHINI BREAD and zucchini chocolate cake are just two recipes that home gardeners look to in order to use up all the zucchini that abounds during the growing season. This summer squash is so prolific that the harvest demands to be shared—with everyone at the office, at church, and in the neighborhood.

HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED WITH DOUBTS about your faith? Have you ever had a deep longing for the answers that "feed your soul"? For feeling that your spiritual journey is on the right track? I have. When I was sixteen or seventeen, I was going to a Christian Science Sunday School—regularly! In fact, I had been going to Sunday School all my life.