Of Good Report

A church congregation presents a Christian Science lecture, not for itself, but to bless its neighbor. In this way, lectures are gifts of unconditional love.

Me, a Reading Room Librarian? I didn’t think I was the one for the job.   When my local Church of Christ, Scientist, moved our Reading Room downtown, we had a librarian who just loved the Reading Room and often spoke of her conversations with visitors.

One day I bumped into a friend who is also a Christian Scientist. When she asked what I had been up to recently, I told her that I was the First Reader of my local branch Church of Christ, Scientist.

When I think about the fundamental lessons taught in Christian Science Sunday Schools, particularly the Ten Commandments, Christ Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, and the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation as given in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, I realize that the Christian Science Sunday School is one of the dearest spots on earth. This Sunday School is for pupils up to the age of twenty, and I attended until I was twenty years old.

Some time ago , I was enjoying a reunion with two dear friends from other parts of the country who had come to visit me in my new home. My friends and I are of different cultural and religious backgrounds.

A much-loved quote from Mary Baker Eddy’s writings is often in my thought as I go about my daily activities. Mrs.

People who attended last year’s Annual Meeting, or subsequent meetings the Board of Directors have been holding in various global locations, responded with many heartfelt messages telling about the “newness of life” they were feeling as they glimpsed and lived the reality of Spirit more deeply. The Journal is glad to share some of these messages here, and encourages others to send in their own responses.

It’s a great privilege, when appropriate, to share Christian Science with others—such as welcoming our neighbors’ children to our Sunday Schools, inviting newcomers to Christian Science lectures or church services, or sharing Christian Science literature. Many years ago, when I was a high school student in South Korea and just a beginner in the study of Christian Science, I mistakenly thought that I could not help others unless I had been through Primary class instruction in Christian Science and had decades of studying the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s writings under my belt.

Members of my Christian Science Society in Chandigarh, India, were praying for our community in response to news of people under the attack of chikungunya and dengue fever. In addition, we wanted to share with our community the way to health through Christian Science.

What follows is an edited summary of the panel discussion “Practice that truly heals,” held on Saturday, June 3, 2017, in the Extension of The Mother Church and broadcast live online. The panel was one of the events held during the weekend prior to Annual Meeting.