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Recently I was asked to serve as an interpreter for a roundtable discussion that was to be held in French. I was to interpret into English in real time, because all the partners responsible for the meeting were English speakers and wanted to follow along.

Our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, regularly prays for our community. We were interested to hear of a special conference for clergy and people of faith who were in recovery themselves and were keenly dedicated to helping address drug addiction and the opioid crisis.

I awoke early, before dawn, and was praying quietly near the window of my fifth-floor hotel room. As the morning light began to emerge, so did the cars onto the streets below.

Yesterday morning I woke up with unusual joy. It was just there, and I was very grateful, but I didn’t think a lot about it.

Christian Science holds a great promise of healing through prayer based on the laws of divine Principle, God, and the power of Christ, or “God with us. ” Better health, abundant supply, meaningful employment, and harmonized relationships result from understanding this divine Principle and following Christ in one’s daily life.

An object going back and forth, back and forth, in front of someone’s face—that’s how I imagined hypnotism as a child when it would come up in the Christian Science Bible Lesson. The Lesson titled “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced” sometimes mentioned Mesmer, a man who lived in the 1700s and early 1800s.

How are we thinking about supply? In a seemingly limited world, is it possible for supply to be limitless?

It might seem surprising that, after she discovered Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy did not move immediately to establish her church. Actually, she hoped none would be needed.

Recently a young boy stopped by our home on his way through the neighborhood. He wanted us to know he was available to do any inside or outside cleaning or chores.

Dear Reader, The high school textbooks I studied were useful. At the time, though, I felt a desire for something more balanced between the intellect and the emotions, and textbooks weren’t where I found it.