Editorials

Some have thought that the Christian call to peacemaking is perhaps little more than an idealistic noninvolvement in the actual events of our world—a kind of spiritual naivete. But clearly nothing could be further from the truth.

Judas had the world's weapons. Jesus had not one of them, and chose not the world's means of defence.

The angel Gabriel brought to Mary a highly unconventional message. But Mary responded and received it.

We're entering a season of remembering. Veterans Day, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, the Christmas holidays, and the retrospection attending a New Year hint at how much memories mean to us.

Genuine theology must be known by its beneficial effects. True theologians, therefore, could be said to be known by their works.

If Thomas Edison were to walk into the typical kitchen or living room of a middle-income home today, he would see an extraordinary assemblage of mechanical and electrical wonders. Even the famous inventor would surely marvel at the impact made on people's day-to-day lives by the tremendous advances in technology since 1880 when the incandescent light bulb first became available commercially.

Have you ever thought of your church as its community's answered prayer? The prayer may be unspoken, perhaps only a nascent desire. Yet every community, and the world itself, long for peace and healing.

Vision is dependent on light. That's a given.

Surely it is the desire of every adherent of Christian Science increasingly to approach in his or her practice of Science the quality and quantity of Christ Jesus' healing work. Jesus said of such an individual, "The works that I do shall he do also.

From the beginning of our Church and movement, Christian Science treatment hasn't been so much "something one goes to a Christian Science practitioner for" as it has been the orderly, systematic approach to healing through prayer that every Christian Scientist expects to practice. We do ask for help from practitioners when we feel we need it.