Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.
Editorials
When people get even an inkling of the larger dimension of Christianity—Christianity that isn't narrowed and weighed down by materialism—religion tends to come alive for them. A routine, dutiful sense begins to dissolve in the process of finding new insight.
On that morning, Mary didn't recognize Jesus standing there. Like the others who loved him, she was numb with grief.
It has never been clearer; the world needs our prayer, our dedicated lives, and our healing work. How can we prepare ourselves to make a difference? The Scriptures emphasize spiritual readiness: "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
The author notes that divine Love brings us the wisdom needed to find our way away from war and death and destruction—national or personal.
It might seem strange if you couldn't really work at your religion, if it was something you chose to "join," and then "attended," so that it became a more or less static aspect of your history, like your family name or your birth date. Fortunately, it isn't that way.
A friend of mine lives by a river that always freezes over in winter. The ice gets so thick you could drive a truck over it.
Sometimes it's amazingly easy to lose sight of what we're really about. This can happen in almost any activity.
The dreams we have in sleep, though they often seem very real, are merely transient phenomena. What we see, feel, and experience may appear real while we are dreaming; but when the alarm clock goes off and we wake with a jolt, we wonder how we could have seen and heard in our dream without any physical senses.
People in a tiny apartment in Japan, in a baroque concert hall in Europe, or on a broad summer lawn in America can be deeply touched by the same music. The beauty and affirmation of Brahms's music, for example, reaches out to millions.
For a Christian, religious intolerance must be fought with truth and patience—the methods of Christianity—not with harsh words. Always the response must be according to the Golden Rule.