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Celebrating Christmas means sharing the spirit of the Christ with others.

Dear Reader, “Christmas to me is the reminder of God’s great gift,—His spiritual idea, man and the universe …” ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 262 ).

The following is an edited and abridged transcript of the “An able church—When we feel the Christ-power in church, it extends to embrace the world” session held in The Mother Church Extension, hosted by Dilshad Khambatta Eames, CS, and Ned Eames on June 2, 2019, the Sunday before Annual Meeting. It was also broadcast live online, and you can watch the complete replay at christianscience.

“Somewhere, sometime, somehow, I will learn to be more Christlike. ” That was always my deepest wish over the years as I grew up in Christian Science.

My mother believed in introducing me to different churches and teachings. Growing up, I attended a Protestant Sunday School of one denomination, and went to a parochial school during the week of yet another denomination, where we had a Bible class each day.

Sometimes it seems that human experience is one of constant vulnerability. The headlines in the news certainly support this belief.

As a young mother, I often turned to a local Christian Science practitioner for help. We called her “Grandma Helen” because she was like family.

Poor Naaman. After journeying for days with his entourage to meet the prophet Elisha in Israel, he expected a reception befitting of a dignitary.

Several years ago, I visited a friend who was restoring her home. As she talked about her different house projects, she explained that while the fireplace was the original, the mantel on the fireplace was not.

Dear Reader, “Why was this article repeated? It is a very helpful article that I read in the Monitor as well as an earlier Sentinel this year. Why?” This reader was referring to “Find balance: Look at the big picture.