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As we came careening down the side of the mountain, all of us on the toboggan thought it was one of the best runs we'd had! That is, until we crashed—and it appeared I might have broken a bone in my foot. That evening I called a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me.

The supreme law of divine Love perpetually governs the entire universe and everything within it. When we clearly understand and conscientiously affirm that this law is always in operation, we experience the omnipotent power of God in our lives.

One of Aesop's fables tells us that "the north wind and the sun were arguing as to which of them would first have the cloak off a traveller's shoulders. The wind began and blew for all he was worth, thinking to strip the wearer by main force.

Every parent would like to know the perfect way to handle his or her children. How can one say no and at the same time communicate love? How can one feel accomplishment in instilling values and setting standards for children while the children feel that adults are out of touch with the times or indifferent to their needs? Bookstores and libraries have shelves of books devoted to answering such questions, to satisfying the demand for solutions.

As a Christian Science lecturer [a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship], I've been inviting the host churches of my lecture to ponder the spiritual message of an article from The Christian Science Journal as part of their work in preparation for a lecture. The article is "Divinity's embrace of humanity" by Carol Jo Krishnaswami, which appeared in the October 1995 issue.

In most religious services, singing is an element so common that we don't even stop to think about it. But what if we would like to understand its purpose better? In the Bible, God asks Job, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

When I first began attending Christian Science church services, I had been used to a minister delivering a sermon, the contents of which were previously unknown to me. It seemed peculiar to go to hear a Bible Lesson you had already read numerous times the week before.

Over the past year, meetings focusing on Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy have been held in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. They have explored ways in which people are reaching out for spiritual answers to the challenges of everyday life, and how students of Christian Science can respond by sha ring the healing message of the book.

Some time ago it became apparent that the yard of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ocala, Florida, needed extensive work. The grounds committee took steps to get a cost estimate for the improvements.

Assumptions . They can be so limiting, sometimes deceptive, and often totally false.