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Interviews

Conversations with experienced Christian Scientists on topics of interest.

In defense of faith

Earlier this year, the Journal talked with Lawrence Uzzell , the director of Keston Institute in Oxford, England. The Institute monitors freedom of religion in Communist and post-Communist countries.

Bishop Mvume Dandala talks about prison and prayer

In 1985, at the age of 32, Hamilton Mvumelwano "Mvume" Dandala was imprisoned by the South African government for his role as a church leader in the struggle against apartheid. For two weeks he was harshly treated and interrogated.

Elie Wiesel on the test of faith

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was born in Romania. At the age of 16, he was deported, along with his family, to Nazi concentration camps.

The question of evil

Most deeply religious people have at some time or other grappled with the question of evil in the world. If God is good, and doesn't inflict evil on creation, then where does evil come from? While the Journal would not want to trivialize the importance of this question—particularly in an issue that contains an interview with Elie Wiesel, who has dedicated his life to the memory of those who did not survive the Jewish Holocaust—the staff felt a discussion with an experienced spiritual healer would help to comfort those of our readers who may be facing personal challenges they know in their hearts they don't deserve.

'Emerging into Spirit'

Colleen Douglass interviews award-winning painter and sculptor, Artis Lane. Ms.

Finding a new meaning to THE MILLENNIUM

This interview with contributing editor Richard Bergenheim was heard on the Christian Science Sentinel—Radio Edition, first broadcast during the week of December 6, 1999. The interviewer is Alexis Deacon of the Radio Edition staff.

Sharing music . . . with love

Rebecca Silver Weber is a concert pianist who has performed in solo and chamber music concerts throughout the United States. She has appeared in performance with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

"I trust ... the love of God"

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Where do you look for answers?

Where do young adults turn to find comfort, guidance, and healing? Where do they look to find ideas about God or to gain insight into the Bible? Below, Madeline Clark of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, John Tchernev of Evanston, Illinois, Anterro Villalpando of Mexico City, Mexico, and Alex Harbur of the Bahamas discuss with contributor Dorothy Estes what they find helpful about author Mary Baker Eddy's ideas in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and how those ideas can be helpful to others. (See the December 1999 issue of this magazine for comments from four other young people.

Where do you look for answers?

Where do young adults turn to find comfort, guidance, and healing? Where do they look to find ideas about God or to gain insight into the Bible? Contributor Dorothy Estes interviewed Mia Signs of State College, Pennsylvania, Chris and Drew Harbur of the Bahamas, and Chris Hamer-Smith of Sydney, Australia, about what they find helpful about author Mary Baker Eddy's ideas in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and how those ideas can be helpful to others. (Look for comments from four other young people in the February 2000 issue of the Journal.