Letters & Conversations

Timely issues I commend you for publishing the article ("A single mom starts the long journey home") in the November Journal , including the author's comments on abortion. With the abortion issue remaining acute in public consciousness for more than a quarter century, I hope you'll have the courage before too long to address the issue further.

Starting out The Starting Point of September's issue, "Getting a 'leg up'" is wonderful and I want to express gratitude for it. Thank you, Nona! Antônio Claret da Mota, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Narrative pieces Since there has been a change in the format of the Journal, I have found the personal essay very tedious.

Location of testimonies I really am not looking forward to your dispersal of testimonies throughout the Journal. [The testimony section is] where I turn when I need a quick dose of inspiration.

Albanian Herald Thank you for telling the touching "Story of the Albanian Herald" in the July Journal. I am so grateful to know about this gift to the Kosovo refugees, which must have taken much loving effort to create and deliver.

Blessing our enemies I was especially inspired by "A conversation," where Bishop Mvume Dandala talks about prison and prayer [June]. What honesty, courage, and "love your enemy" Christian faith! How blessed we are to learn of these events and know how God answers prayer.

Reports from abroad As a former reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, I was naturally drawn first to the articles by Monitor collegues in your May issue. I share their gratitude to God for the comfort and protection that Christian Science offers reporters in troubling and even dangerous circumstances.

Length of articles I am writing to express my concern about the quality of articles in the Journal. Lately, I have noticed that the articles have gotten shorter and shorter.

Searching for light The article "Individuality—its eternal presence" [February] has had a profound effect on me. In the short weeks following my husband's passing I felt myself slipping from a mild into a deep depression.

A physician writes I have been a student of Christian Science for 17 years with many benefits to my life, including including family, work relationships, and health. I have enjoyed and benefited from reading Christian Science literature during these years and continue to do so.

Liftoff In the Editors' "Welcome" in the February issue, you mention "a wink from heaven" concerning the Hebrew word nâsâ', which is sometimes translated "forgive" in the Scriptures and also means "to lift up the eyes. " Isn't this what another NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration, causes us to do? This was a "wink" for me.