Volume 129, Issue 12 / The Christian Science Journal

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WELCOME

December 2011

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.

—II Corinthians 10:4

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WELCOME

Peace on Earth? It's coming!

Dorothy Estes

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Letters

Susan Kell

NOTICES

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YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Are all material objects simply ideas, or is matter altogether nonexistent?

Ron Ballard

What did Jesus see as God’s own likeness?

Maryl F. Walters

From the Christian Science Board of Directors

the Christian Science Board of Directors

BIBLE INSIGHTS

God doesn’t do magic tricks!

Diana Davis Butler

Heavenly rest–here and now

Daphne Lunge

We limit ourselves

Margaret Pinkham

CHURCH ALIVE

Budding churches, spreading branches

Dorothy Hensey

. . . and a church grows in Nanyuki, Kenya

Jane Mirianki

Power off—Church power on

Amy Rubinate

The branch church constitution

Louis Benjamin

NEWS @ CSPS

The Christian Science Monitor

John Yemma

BLOG

Our turn to go to NCC headquarters

Shirley Paulson

Occasional Series

INTERVIEWS

On God's watch

Joan Taylor

POEMS

Prayer for a congregation

John Daniels

ARTICLES

How do we ‘prepare’ for universal harmony?

James Spencer

LIVES INSPIRED BY MARY BAKER EDDY'S EXAMPLE

Restoring Christian healing in contemporary times

Allison W. Phinney

WHAT MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH MEANS TO YOU

What membership in The Mother Church means to you

TESTIMONIES OF HEALING

Symptoms of stroke healed

Donna Loughran Bordes-Barrera

Unbroken unity with Christ

Carolyn Keith

Severe bronchitis healed

Eileen Hendrickson

Quickly healed of heat-related symptoms

Riley Seay

Yielding to God brings healing

Yielding to God brings healing

Yielding to God brings healing

Alice Runzi

ARTICLES

Faithful followers

Tom Asher

Some essentials of healing

Diane P. Dailey

Argue on the side of healing

Brian Webster

Living Christian Science

Mieteke Pennings

Five smooth stones

Abraham McLaughlin

NOTICES

Helping the public learn about Christian Science

Susie Jostyn

YOUR INSIGHTS

A new view

Joann Smedley

Childlike Enjoying

Janet Salt

Blessed to be a blessing

Thomas Blair

Catch good

Linda Jo Beckers

'The hand that fashions is divine'

Eve Kilger

'By the word of their testimony'

Stephanie Mason

They just knew . . .

Barbara Beth Whitewater

20-SOMETHING

God’s love, in every culture

Jen Plaistowe

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

The answer—found

Michael Lorimer

EDITORIAL

Calling all Christian evangelists!

Mary Trammell