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YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Following the example set by the question-and-answer columns in the early Journals, when Mary Baker Eddy was Editor, this column will respond to general queries from Journal readers—such as the one above—with responses from Journal readers. It will not cover questions about how to interpret statements in Mrs. Eddy's writings. There's more information at the end of the column about how to submit questions.

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

By JULIE WARD, ROBERT STRANATHAN, MARTA GREENWOOD

From the April 2007 issue of The Christian Science Journal

QUESTION: Mary Baker Eddy wrote that prayer should be "importunate" (see The People's Idea of God, p. 9 ), and that we should mentally "insist" (see Science and Health, p.