What does it take to heal? Questions like this, coming from a public faced with diverse views on spiritual healing, promoted in founding of this magazine over a century ago. In an editorial in the first issue, its founder emphasizes that Christly qualities heal: "Great charity and humility is necessary in this work of healing. The loving patience of Jesus, we must strive to emulate" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 7). In each of these columns, the Journal offers insights from an individual with long experience in the public practice of Christian Science healing. He or she explores the spirit of Christly love and its power to restore and transform.
Are there any particular ideas or insights that you've found especially helpful in the work of healing?
Two ideas from an article entitled "Pond and Purpose" in Mrs. Eddy's Miscellaneous Writings are the theme and thrust of my practice. She says: "This practical Christian Science is the divine Mind, the incorporeal Truth and Love, shining through the mists of materiality and melting away the shadows called sin, disease, and death." And, "By purifying human thought, this state of mind permeates with increased harmony all the minutiae of human affairs."Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 205, 204.
