Leadership. It's a topic that touches everyone, from people in the smallest town right up to the international scene where the people of Iraq and other nations work to define what leadership really is. This month's Front-lines offers examples from people who have had to "be there and do that."
Speaking of leadership brings to mind Mary Baker Eddy, the first Editor of this magazine. A couple of years ago a friend and I were telling another friend about the Church she founded. We explained that even today—over a hundred years later—the Church follows the organization and design that Mary Baker Eddy provided for it.
I sensed that she was imagining that Mrs. Eddy had written a huge rulebook meant to cover every detail. It was a delightful to show her the slim Manual of The Mother Church where, in a mere 138 pages, Mrs. Eddy created an international organization with a structure that is spare and yet specific enough to be solid.
In the next 12 months, the Journal will be devoting some of its pages to that design, bringing to light how the inspiration that fired Mrs. Eddy's original concept is still leading decisions today. The new series, "Looking back, looking forward—at the Church Mary Baker Eddy designed" will examine spiritual healing, class instruction, lectures, church services, and other aspects of the Church. This issue explores the powerful role Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures played in her life—and is still playing in people's lives today.
