I am so grateful for the Christian Science periodicals and the shortwave broadcasts aired all over the world. They are brimming with love and support for all humanity. For the past eight months I have been living in a city in the Far East where there is no nearby Christian Science church to attend. Yet I have been so inspired by the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Journal, which I have been receiving. In addition, every Monday morning I walk to my favorite rock by the river (where the reception is best!) to listen to the shortwave broadcast of the Sunday service that is being aired from The Mother Church. Thus, despite being away from a physical building and community labeled as a "church," I have not for a moment felt a lack of the spiritual idea of Church, as Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy describes it: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle." Science and Health, p. 583.
Being a Christian Scientist in a community founded on an Eastern religion can seem challenging at times. But all my problems, physical and mental, have been easily and quickly solved through prayer. A friend here has remarked several times how amazed he is that I am so "centered," which is, of course, because of the sure footing gained from my study of Christian Science.
