Editorials

It wasn't exactly the setting I would have expected, but there we were: three travelers waiting for different flights, engaged in a discussion about spiritual things. One traveler had considerable education in theology, philosophy, and business administration.

If you were in a room full of people and began to talk about the need for progress in our world today, you would probably find most of the guests willing to listen and consider your ideas. You would probably still find an attentive group if your conversation then turned to the subject of healing.

In our family there is a story of a favorite great aunt's singular comment about an acquaintance in a hurry: "She was going just as fast as she could come. " And sometimes you hear the comment about someone who was confused: "He didn't know whether he was coming or going.

"Graceland"—that's the title of an album recorded last year by popular singer Paul Simon. A few months ago it won the Grammy award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States as the best album of the year.

When authorities predict that incidence of a certain disease may reach epidemic proportions, what is the responsibility of Christian Scientists? It is fundamental to the practice of Christian Science to do what our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, expected we would do: prayerfully respond to mankind's needs.

When you think of someone brave, who is it? Do you find yourself thinking of somebody in the past? Not necessarily the far past, of course, but someone who has done something already? What about people who are brave right now? People who are doing something that calls for tremendous faith in the power of good to overcome evil while they're "in harm's way. " When we're looking back, bravery is relatively easy to discern.

There's a lot of earnest thought given to the great need for peace in our world. Peace in families, in neighborhoods; peace among religious and political factions; peace along the borders of smaller nations and between the governments of superpowers.

The book of Acts relates more than one stirring experience. Such is the account of the Christian disciple Peter's visit to a man named Aeneas.

Individual freedoms—basic freedoms of speech, press, assembly, religion—are still not fully recognized as inalienable rights in much of our world today. In one country a woman, like many of her fellow citizens, was sent to prison as a dissident.

We can heal sin by recognizing “God's allness and our individuality as completely His spiritual reflection.”