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“I don’t even know how to pray about that!” a friend complained recently when discussing a current world issue. “How could my prayer affect something so … big?” I had to smile, because I remembered a time when I would have given the same answer: Pray about world peace, world hunger, an epidemic, troubling weather patterns? What would be the point? Things like that don’t change.

When I think about purity, the Bible verse that springs most readily to mind comes from the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” ( Matthew 5:8 ). Those words, spoken by Christ Jesus, leave me in awe of their simplicity and the beauty of their promise.

This can be a deeply reassuring message, especially if we are feeling unsettled or fearful and our efforts to pray seem unfocused or ineffective. Recently I awoke in the night feeling ill and very uncomfortable.

If you’re looking for a place to start when it comes to praying more effectively for world leaders, look no further than the account of Ananias, an early Christian in Damascus, in the New Testament.

I wanted to shout the good news from the housetops! That’s how I felt when I first read the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Its author, Mary Baker Eddy, dedicated the book to “honest seekers for Truth” ( p.

As a staff editor for The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel, I regularly have the privilege of reading submissions to these magazines from authors all over the world who have experienced healing through prayer, including the healing of conditions deemed incurable or hopeless by medical physicians. Nothing has been more inspiring to me than to read about how people have felt the presence of God, divine Love, through their prayers, and have been spiritually uplifted, transformed, and restored to wholeness.

While studying abroad in Tibet, I struggled with what seemed to be a very oppressive atmosphere. People’s Liberation Army troops were stationed everywhere we traveled, and I was contending with a lot of negative thoughts regarding the government.

It was a beautiful spring day in April of 2010. When I woke up that morning, I couldn’t imagine wanting to reconnect with the Church of Christ, Scientist, the Church I had willingly left as a young mother and housewife some fifty years before.

Following Annual Meeting 2017, with its upwelling spirit of love and unity, the Christian Science Board of Directors felt the immense value of Christian Scientists continuing to bear witness to the power of Spirit itself in bringing new energies and fresh devotion to our Cause. As of this date, the Board has journeyed to 16 regional meetings for church members, attendees at church services, and others seriously studying Christian Science.

When I made the journey from the United States to South Africa for my brother’s wedding, my airplane route was not direct. I was scheduled to fly from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Chicago O’Hare, then overnight to London Heathrow, followed by another overnight flight to Johannesburg, then to Durban, South Africa.