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. The writer emphasized how important it is to "exercise our inherent spiritual sense, which looks beyond matter and perceives spiritual reality. . . . [H]ow can we do the works the Master assured us we can if matter is consuming all of our attention . . .?" Obviously, we cannot.
And an article in 1998, "Not two, but one," gave me further perspective on this subject: "As we begin to understand the fact that the only real identity any of us has is spiritual, we see what we are truly like: not subjected to the Adam-dream—not conceived in matter, carried in matter, existing in matter, excited with matter, deceived by matter, or deteriorating in matter—but spiritually originated, spiritually maintained, spiritually housed, spiritually classified, spiritually satisfied, spiritually innocent, and undeceived."
