Volume 139, Issue 05 / The Christian Science Journal

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WELCOME

May 2021

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

—II Corinthians 10:4

LETTERS TO EDITOR

Letters

Molly Larsen

ARTICLES

A remarkable view

Marguerite Becker

Occasional Series

INTERVIEWS

Omnipresence: God’s presence embraces our past, present, and future

Amy Richmond

ARTICLES

Yielding to God’s authority

Martha Sarvis

The presence that precludes evil

Mark Swinney

SPIRITUAL SHORT

The practicality of the dragnet parable

Peter Wilson

How do you know when healing has happened?

Celia Herron Waters

Forgiving is for giving

Annette Kreutziger-Herr

Learning to love more

Lynne Scheiern

Man was never born into matter

Donald A. Wilson

Always together under God’s roof

Hilary Crockett

POEMS

A Reader yields

David C. Kennedy

Prayer of a new Reader

Kristen Behan

TESTIMONIES OF HEALING

Freed from severe abdominal pain

Jeff Juell

Freed from anger and smoking

Name Withheld

Broken arm healed

Carol Nelden

Swelling quickly dissipates

Linda Jewell

Severe back pain quickly healed

Jodie Maurer

OF GOOD REPORT

Lasting lessons from Sunday School

Russell Whittaker

Second-rate, or valued by God?

Valerie Minard

Nonviolence, divine Love, and the spiritual basis for loving others

Stacy Shapiro James

EDITORIAL

The importance of a Christ-guided conscience

Barbara Vining