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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.You'll find information at the end of the column about how to submit questions.

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

By DON WALLINGFORD, TREVOR SNOREK-YATES, JUDITH BORNHOUSER

From the September 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal

QUESTION: What is the right metaphysical interpretation of consummating a marriage, and what spiritual truth can bring harmonious sexual relationship in a Christian marriage?— A READER IN SUNA MIGORI, KENYA A1 The traditional formula for consummating a marriage requires a legal ceremony and sexual intercourse—coming from the idea that marriage is primarily for producing legally recognized offspring. But legalism sparsely feeds the heart.