Letters & Conversations

Visitor from Israel A dear friend whom I had known since our schooldays in South Africa went to settle in Israel in the 1970s, saying she wanted to contribute to the building of Israel. When I visited her there fifteen years later, I felt that our conversation ended at Malachi—at least on a spiritual level—and our communication remained purely on a social level.

August Journal As a Christian, raised in Tennessee and West Virginia, I never felt complete and fulfilled by the messages concerning God. It was only after discovering Christian Science, at the suggestion of my voice teacher in New York, that I understood more clearly my relationship to a loving and generous rather than a vengeful God.

New student I have been studying Christian Science for about a year. When I discovered Mary Baker Eddy's writings, I felt that I had discovered profound spiritual truth after a long search.

An artist comments I was so pleased to read the poem "Wide enough" in the August issue of The Christian Science Journal. Last September, I opened an exhibition of twenty-one large computer prints based on three themes—Grass, Sky, and Prisms.

Dear Editors, I'm happy to tell you how much the Bible Lessons These are weekly readings compiled from the Christian Science pastor—the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures —and published in the Christian Science Quarterly . on cassette meant to my family recently.

College life It was with great interest that I read your Christian Science Journal interview with a recent graduate of Principia [a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists]. Although I attended Principia Upper School, I was one of only about 10 percent who did not go on to that college.

Christian Science Sentinel redesigned for 1998 In just a few weeks (beginning with the January 5 issue) the Christian Science Sentinel will have a fresh, new design to present its message more effectively to today's weekly magazine readers—today's honest seekers. It's the culmination of years of thought and prayer about the Sentinel's original healing mission and purpose, "to hold guard over Truth, Life, and Love.

Avoiding stereotypes Recently, you wrote to contributors to the Christian Science magazines, sharing some radical ideas. Ideas shape experience, and these were radical only in the sense that they did not conform to the preconceived perceptions [of many of us] about writing for the magazines.

HOODED PILGRIM "Letter to a hooded pilgrim" is one of the most remarkable articles I have ever read. The very individual expression.

Gospel of Mark The new series on the Gospel of Mark starts out with one of the best written introductions I have read. I am a retired Episcopal priest who continues to serve in parishes as needed and who continually seeks to more fully understand Christ's message to us.