Volume 130, Issue 10 / The Christian Science Journal

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WELCOME

October 2012

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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LETTER FROM EDITOR

Welcome

Suzanne Smedley

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Letters

Norman C. Hutchinson

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Is Christian Science supposed to be completely different from other churches and beliefs?

Candace Du Mars

Do children need to make Christian Science their "own?"

Richard Evans

Can you explain if "lower powers" are real?

Anne Cooling

CHURCH ALIVE

Prepared for new members?

Faith Porter

Numbering the people

Emily Garrett

QUESTIONS ABOUT CLASS

How do you know if you are ready for Primary class instruction?

Lois Carlson

ROAD DIARIES

Hope at a halfway house

Lorenzo Rodriguez

NEWS

New thoughts about Annual Meeting and Church Alive

Michael Pabst

Message from the Clerk of The Mother Church

Nathan Talbot

A Full-Text Quarterly designed to bring the word into focus

Christian Harder

Occasional Series

INTERVIEWS

The blessing of Christ: Christian Science in Brazil

Rosalie E. Dunbar

POEMS

Stay present

Lorraine Jennings

BY-LAWS

Healing, more than counting, the people

Nathan Talbot

TESTIMONIES OF HEALING

Leg injury quickly healed

John Stewart

'Clearer than the noonday'

Debbie Dufton

Child healed of earache

Jean Sandberg

Stroke symptoms gone

Tom Lavere

A wife's pure purpose

BettyJo Cost

Injured arm healed

Maria de Fátima Trigueiros

2012 MEMBERSHIP SERIES

A way to give back

Eric Pagett

Serving a worldwide family

Suzanne Creager

The call to commit

Jutta Hudson

No member can ever be isolated

Laura Remmerde

ARTICLES

A meeting we will never forget

Alison Alioto

True benevolence

William Bradley Stock

Trusting God's control

Beyond debate and dialogue

Jeff Plum

All in a day's fishing

Donald Wilson

At home in the arms of divine Love

Mary Ten Eyck

God's divine decrees

Madelon Maupin

Singing new songs

Roger Gordon

Quietness that heals

Graciela de García

INSIGHTS

No spot in time

Hugh Pendexter III

From the standpoint of perfection

Peggy Duke-Evans

It's my turn

Eloise Jones

God's worthy reflection

Peter James Wilson

Rejoice!

Nathan Blaisdell

Is all of the Bible truly 'inspired'?

Ian Gudger

God's immediate care

Holly Wayman

Balm for remorse

Matthew Cocks

20-SOMETHING

Losing–and finding–faith

Megan Meehan

SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

In Ethiopia, a journey of spiritual discovery

Temesgen Abreha

EDITORIAL

Wake-up call

Dorothy Estes