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The ancients who named Orion, the Pleiades, and Arcturus probably saw more stars in the night sky than we do. Our cities send up a fog of light that hides the fainter stars.

I saw a woman wearing a T-shirt the other day that said “Love is understanding. ” It got me thinking, What is the purpose of love, and how does it act? Divine Love, which is God, reaches much further and deeper than human affection.

Prophecies, promises, and proofs—the Bible is chock full of all three. “The three p ’s,” I call them.

The United States Internal Revenue Service required me to file a form for an investment I had made years ago. I had a discussion with a court trustee with access to the file, and things seemed to be in order for me to receive it in proper time.

Perhaps few words in the English language have been so misunderstood as the word meek, the object of Christ Jesus’ third beatitude: “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” ( Matthew 5:5 ). By popular reckoning, meek means weak.

Gratitude can help lead us out of darkness and into the light.

Editor’s note: Maryl has been asked by the Christian Science Board of Lectureship to be available this lecture year (July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019) specifically to give classroom and ecumenical lectures.

The following is an edited and abridged transcript of the “Walking with the Word” workshop held June 3, 2018, the day before Annual Meeting, in the Extension of The Mother Church. It was also broadcast live online, and you can watch the complete replay at christianscience.

One day, after hearing more news about disagreement and impasse in negotiations between countries and leaders, I finally asked myself, “What’s needed here? What can I do to help bring unity and agreement to these meetings?” The answer came, “What’s needed is spiritual mediation right where there seems to be confrontation. ” But what is spiritual mediation? I knew that it didn’t have to do with believing in spirits, or anything otherworldly.

The “Mind” in the title refers to the one God, the infinite, ever-present divine Spirit, which is everywhere at all times and is always expressing its intelligent good for all. Mind is one of seven synonyms for God prominently employed in the teachings of Christian Science (see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.