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On tour at a classic car museum, I was impressed by the museum’s exhibit of “barn finds. ” A barn find is a classic car or motorcycle that has been abandoned, often left in a barn in poor condition.

You may have asked yourself what it will take for humanity to rid itself of the aggressive and persistent evils that thwart our efforts to live peaceful, productive, meaningful lives. Some radically suggest it will take another world war or some other cataclysmic events.

When a big earthquake struck Mexico City in September 2017, my oldest son and I were on the Metrobús stopped at a red light. I had just been speaking on my cellphone with a woman who had called me to pray for her about some trouble she was having, and I had been feeling thankful that divine Love meets all our needs.

One day while walking through my town, this thought came to mind: “You need an office!” What a grand idea, and how lovely to have an office specifically designated for the Christian Science practice.   For a few days I ruminated on the idea, and I began looking at spaces downtown.

When you’ve experienced healing in Christian Science, the joy, uplift, and gratitude you feel stays with you, and you naturally want to share it. The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science provide a place for everyone to do so.

We’d recently moved to a new city and settled into a new apartment complex where there were other young parents with infants and toddlers, and we’d all become friends. Over coffee one morning my next-door neighbor told me we were the only family there who “does church” on Sunday.

Imagine a windowless , bare room. Every corner and every square inch of the walls and floor are utterly without illumination.

Dear Reader, This note came to us: “It doesn’t seem like we could really ever do everything [including reading the Christian Science magazines] we ought to. ” Sound familiar? With a daily list of things to do, do we find it hard to squeeze in some spiritual nourishment?  All the things we think we need to accomplish sometimes turn spiritually promising activities—such as reading a Christian Science magazine—into a burden.

The question “What is my work today?” had been coming to me over a number of months. As I prayed to understand more clearly what my work was and how to do it well, my volunteer work in a Christian Science Reading Room helped me find an answer.

Even though I grew up attending a Christian Science Sunday School and was active in the Christian Science organization at my college, I never knew very much about Primary class instruction in Christian Science. I just knew it was a course conducted by a Christian Science teacher, an experienced Christian Science practitioner who has taken a course on teaching Christian Science, and it generally lasts about two weeks.