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How are we seeing ourselves and others from day to day? Are we seeing something of the spiritual reality of man as the expression of God, or are we constantly being taken in by the physical senses' estimate of man as a fleshly, sinful mortal? Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy says, "Let the perfect model be present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized opposite. " Science and Health , p.

At the back of this magazine there is a directory of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. While any sincere student of this Science may practice spiritual healing, individuals advertising in The Christian Science Journal are those who are employed in no other vocation, have an established record of healing, and have met the standards required for advertising.

There's a tendency to want to plan for the future. We want to maximize our achievements and our joy by avoiding mistakes and wasted time.

When the prophet Samuel went to Bethlehem to select from the sons of Jesse one to succeed King Saul, he thought surely the tall, handsome Eliab was "the Lord's anointed. " But he was admonished by God, "The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

What prompts this letter, specifically, is Nathan Talbot's article in the January issue of The Christian Science Journal and the reports in the Journal of the "Spirituality & Healing in Medicine" symposiums held in Boston in 1995 and 1996. What I want to do is present an idea that has been evolving in my mind over these past months.

Nowhere has the centuries-long conflict between religion and science been acted out more compellingly in modern times than in the arena of public education, where the question of what to teach pupils about the creation of the universe has repeatedly erupted in controversy. The Scopes Monkey Trial attracted widespread media attention in the 1920s and was the topic of a classic motion picture , Inherit the Wind.

God is All. Just think of the concept of allness.

People the world over, from all religious backgrounds, have been faced at times with the apparent contradiction of praying earnestly for God's help and then having the outcome of their prayers seem less than triumphant. The question of God's reliability deserves more than a cursory answer in the face of circumstances that cause us to cry out as Christ Jesus did on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 Jesus' resurrection proved that God had not forsaken him.

Some years ago when applying to join a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I was interviewed by a Christian Science practitioner, whom I had asked to be my sponsor. This very loving man commenced by asking me several questions and then, probably sensing my lack of experience, went on to warn me not to place my fellow church members on pedestals.

There is growing evidence throughout the world of renewed awareness of the necessity for spirituality in human affairs—in homes and communities, in business, in health, in worship. And the fulfillment of that yearning is being actively pursued.