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There have been times when I have found it difficult to focus on reading a very familiar account from the Bible. There have been occasions when I have caught myself daydreaming in church instead of being uplifted by hearing well-known passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.

During the second and third centuries of the early Church, Latin Christianity began to gain large numbers of followers. Its growth soon reduced the dominant influence of the Greek church.

Those seeking healing through Christian Science are striving to understand more fully that all being is spiritual. For this reason they don't analyze problems or illnesses from a material basis.

Do we pray just to satisfy ourselves and to say that we prayed, or do we pray to demonstrate the power of God, to know and express His will? That's an important question. Prayer that humbly seeks God, that yields to what He is and what He does, is prayer that transforms us and heals.

If someone you deeply admired told you to step out of a boat into a huge lake during a driving storm without any apparent life support, would you obey without a protest? Is there anyone you know who would make such a commitment? A man once did make this commitment, and his story is told in the Bible, in the book of Matthew.  See Matt.

In the physical sciences the term pure research can refer to exploring ideas out of inspiration or curiosity with no prior intention of producing a product. Some in industry and government may look upon this as wasted effort.

The dictionary tells us that a pilgrimage is a journey, especially one to a shrine or sacred place as an act of devotion. It might, however, be any long journey, as to a place of historical interest or for a particular purpose.

The words "slow or fast" kept coming to me one day. As I thought more about them, I recalled part of a poem written by Mary Baker Eddy.

What is it that we expect from our prayers? Do we expect to see the glorious light of God's Christ revealing man's perfection? The Psalmist said, "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. " Ps.

My husband and I were newcomers in town. The first Christian Scientist I met warned me about conditions at the local branch church.