Editorials

Learning how and when to say "Thank you" is an important part of growing up. Mom often told of the time she picked up my sister after a party at her little girlfriend's house.

From the first moment my family tasted Jane's chocolate cake, they were after me to get the recipe. Even people who say they don't like chocolate love Jane's moist, creamy cake.

 The author points out that Christ reveals our genuine being as the image and likeness of God, and our need is to actively yield to this influence.

Jesus Christ was the Son of God. His virgin birth illustrated clearly that God, Spirit, was his Father.

And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

Here at The Christian Science Publishing Society, we have been devoting considerable thought and prayer to the ongoing task of understanding more clearly—and thus fulfilling more effectively—the distinct mission Mary Baker Eddy intended for each of the Christian Science periodicals she founded. We welcome and encourage you—our readers and contributors—to join us in this important endeavor.

Christ Jesus had just made the radical statement that God had sent him to be "the light of the world. " Among his listeners, some apparently were ready to accept Jesus' mission.

The president of a major broadcasting company was looking for a humorous radio personality to fill the morning time slot on one of that company's largest radio stations. He wanted a heavy hitter.

Every March, as the last sticky snowstorms of winter change over into the first blustery rain showers of spring, something wonderful happens here in Boston—something known as the Flower Show. For more than a century now, Bostonians have converged on this annual extravaganza by the tens of thousands to preview the lush sweet peas and azaleas and roses of summer some ten or twelve weeks before these flowers actually arrive in outdoor gardens.

Isn't it fascinating to watch large planes take off? It's truly amazing to me that an enormous aircraft, filled with passengers and cargo, weighing tons, can soar to great heights. Yet, as incredible as it appears, we know that airplane flight isn't contrary to law—indeed, it's in accord with law, the laws of aerodynamics.