Letters & Conversations

Old and new love I love The Christian Science Journal. I find the articles consistently inspiring, timely, and enduring, even though sometimes they gently chide me, and sometimes they give me a downright drubbing—which I have needed and ultimately loved! I vividly recall an article in 1997 titled "Don't be fooled by the appearance— see, spiritually!" That brought me to my senses at a time when I needed fresh vision.

STANDARDS OF MORALITY The Lambeth Conference, an international gathering of Anglican Church ministers, took place in Canterbury, England, during July and August. One of the conference debates concerned the subject of Christian standards of sexual morality.

The following letter may shed further light on issues of spiritual growth and healing. Last May an editorial with the title "When healing hasn't come—what now?" invited an open dialogue with readers, and there has been some in the ensuing months.

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Moscow services I cannot find the words to express the feelings I have for The Christian Science Journal, which I have been getting for three years. I look forward to every issue, and having received it, leave all my engagements until I have read right through it.

Womanhood For years I have been truly grateful for the enriching, redirecting, and uplifting articles and poems that have come to me monthly in The Christian Science Journal . It seems to me that their directness has become increasingly evident in recent years.

Journal covers Thank you for the beautiful and inspiring cover photos on recent issues of The Christian Science Journal . They lead to an expectancy of spiritual truths within the pages.

Women of the Bible How thrilled I was to read the beautifully written article in the March issue of The Christian Science Journal , "Biblical women: portraits of our heritage. " Having just emerged from Biblical studies in a seminary myself, I feel at home with this kind of refreshingly straightforward manner of scholarship.

Favorite poem I know just how much I have appreciated—over a period of more than forty years—the numerous inspiring poems, articles, and testimonies published in the Christian Science periodicals. It has been remiss of me not to have written to you before now and expressed my deep gratitude for such contributions.

CHURCH SOLOS The article "Singing in His service" in the January issue of The Christian Science Journal brought me a new way of approaching the solos I sing in my church—a Presbyterian church. I have often felt frustrated about my singing, feeling it was not as acceptable as others' singing.