Letters & Conversations

Wake-up call [Juli Vice, “ Being in a ‘ready position’ at church ,” Journal, October 2019] Thank you for the wake-up call, reminding us of our role in church. We must always be in a “ready position” to fulfill our role in church with joy and to have an expectation that healing will occur during our church services.

So appreciate  … [Christine Jenks Driessen, “ Mental health beyond the brain ,” Journal, September 2019] I so appreciate the understanding with which this article was written. “Principle is not to be found in fragmentary ideas” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

Pushing self-concern aside [Inge Schmidt, “ How can I talk to ‘smart people’ about God? ” Journal, August 2019] As a lifelong Christian Scientist, this article helps me realize how important it is to push the pride of self-concern aside in order to let Love be love for everyone. Seeking acceptance first leads most often to failure.

Spiritual facts [Lois Degler, “ Challenge the lie ,” Journal, July 2019] I read this article multiple times one night when I was in much pain. The dear author mentions “spiritual facts” a few times, and suddenly it occurred to me that the thoughts I needed were those spiritual facts; rather than trying to take away the pain, I needed to see the spiritual facts about me.

Important insights [Amy and Christopher Bordeaux, “ Restoration and healing after serious car accident ,” Journal, June 2019] Thanks to the Bordeauxes for the telling of their experience, with many important insights so kindly shared. It gave me things to pray with on a particularly challenging night with a bad headache.

Opportunity to contribute The Bible says, “Whatsoever things are of good report … think on these things” ( Philippians 4:8 ). We are seeking more submissions for the Journal ’s “Of Good Report” column.

Excellent article [Charlene Anne Miller, “ Begin rightly, reason rightly, to end rightly—healed! ” Journal, April 2019] Excellent article! Very helpful in acknowledging my perfect being as a child of God, not subject to pain, and doing God’s work pain-free. Any activity we do under God’s direction is expressing love, and it can be done with joy and not hurt us! Marilyn Hesche via JSH-Online.

Enlightenment received How can I put into words the joy, spiritual enlightenment, and enthusiastic encouragement I received from the whole February 2019 Journal!   The first article by Evan Mehlenbacher, “ A Cause worth supporting ,” gave a kick-start to the importance of my individual work of demonstrating the power of God to overcome evil. Then Ethel Baker’s interview, “ What does it mean to be spiritual? ” gave such a clear definition of what it means to be spiritual.

Great inspiration [Evan Mehlenbacher, “ A Cause worth supporting ,” Journal, February 2019] Thank you so much for this article. It was a great inspiration to me, and really helped to focus my prayers for myself and the world.

A gift of renewal [Lyle Young, “ Experience renewal today ,” Journal, January 2019] A lovely gift of renewal. Thank you to Lyle Young for glorifying the cosmic shift brought about by Christ Jesus, unfolding our path as living witnesses to inexhaustible good.