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Christian Science lectures: gifts of unconditional love

From the April 2018 issue of The Christian Science Journal


A church congregation presents a Christian Science lecture, not for itself, but to bless its neighbor. In this way, lectures are gifts of unconditional love. And the impartial and universal love from the lecture not only blesses the attendees and community, but the givers of the lecture, because giving is itself a true gift.

Several years ago I was part of a camp at Burning Man, a large week-long societal experiment that takes place annually in a remote desert in Nevada. We arranged for several lectures to take place under the sponsorship of Churches of Christ, Scientist, in the region.

At one of these lectures the large domed tent in which the lecture was being held became very crowded. As the lecture began, an attendee stood up at the entrance and shouted: “There’s no more room! Everyone move forward so more people can get in!”

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