Interviews

“Hi, honey” Mary Ridgway answers cheerfully from her office in Dallas, Texas. Her warm greeting set the tone for a series of phone interviews Mary recently granted the Journal during which we learned that she’s a native Texan, and so comes by the Southernisms (and drawl) naturally.

Julia, you recently completed seven years as soloist of The Mother Church. What’s next for you? Julia: So much of what I will be doing stems from my very deep experience at The Mother Church.

In March, Linda Kohler, a Christian Science nurse; Judy Wolff, C. S.

Christian Science has been in Lynn’s family for four generations. In 1988, immediately after college, she became a full-time Christian Science practitioner.

From his life résumé, it might seem that Rob Warneck would have been a shoo-in to become a Christian Science practitioner some day. He was raised in Christian Science, and his mother had her own healing practice.

What are the goals and benefits of dialogue among Christian churches? Is there a scriptural basis for different faiths coming together in unity? Does Christian Science have a place at the table? In this lively interview, Michael Kinnamon , former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, and Shirley Paulson , Head of Ecumenical Affairs for the Church of Christ, Scientist, tackle these and other pertinent questions. Hosted by TMC Youth’s Chet Manchester , the interview is adapted from a live chat, “Christianity Beyond Borders,” originally broadcast on time4thinkers.

Christian Science practitioner and teacher William Stay likes to keep it simple. “I love to use analogies when it comes to healing, because it opens up thought to what we actually are, ” he says.

In today’s world in which the Internet has made publishing content easier than ever, a legal term we hear but may not fully understand is copyright. The  Journal asked The Mother Church’s General Counsel, Kevin Ness , to shed some light on copyrights and how they relate to the work of The Mother Church and its branches.

Emmanuel M’Foundani has been a Christian Science practitioner in the Republic of Congo since 2005. A father of seven children, Emmanuel lives with his family in Pointe-Noire, the country’s second largest city, where he worked as director of a shipping agency for 20 years before advertising his healing practice in the Journal.

Bob and his wife, Judy, have a lovely townhouse on top of a hill looking over Walnut Creek, California. In the near distance is beautiful Mount Diablo, which towers above everything.