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Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.

A Christly response to religious persecution

The 2022 Open Doors “World Watch List” of the 50 countries where Christians are persecuted the most makes for sober reading. And while 68 percent of these countries are Muslim-majority nations, a recent Pew report showed that globally Muslims suffer harassment in almost as many countries as Christians, often from followers of other faiths.

One bright infinite light

It’s been said that the sun was shining one day when all of a sudden there was a commotion on earth. A large number of animals were yelling about how they had found darkness in a cave.

Truth speaks all languages

What would you have thought if you had come all the way from Libya to Jerusalem for a Jewish harvest celebration and heard a new message in your own language from people who didn’t know that language? And you weren’t alone. The person from what’s now Turkey heard the message in his own language.

Making the resurrection our own

For many, there’s a special feeling about being in church on Easter. But what is it about the holiday that evokes sacredness? It must be more than just tradition and ceremony.

When I interviewed a gracious, joyful man named Harold Bradley, Jr. , a decade ago, he had a lifetime of stories to share.

Equipped to pray effectively

WRITING IN a journal can be a good way to pause and think clearly. Maybe you are starting a personal journal at the beginning of this new year.

Wishing you an eternal Christmas

It’s mid-January. Or early June.

Gratefully grasping the Bible’s unhidden meaning

For decades, the number of British households owning Bibles has declined. But 2020 saw a “sharp boost” in pandemic-prompted sales of the Scriptures, according to a Christian bookseller talking to the Financial Times (Peter Chapman, “The home in 50 objects #33: King James Bible,” March 5, 2021).

Our oneness with God

What is my true relationship to God? This is a crucial question to answer if we are to understand who we really are. Christ Jesus, the master Teacher, answers that question in a simple but striking way.

Love: Our release from alienation

Not many things are as sweet as a restored friendship or an estrangement that’s been healed.   Broken relationships and alienation are all too common.

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