Articles

A school issue was resolved after this author prayed.

This article is part of a series appearing occasionally in the  Journal , the  Christian Science Sentinel , and  The Herald of Christian Science . Each article aims to correct some misconception about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire as spiritual healers.

While metaphysical ideas can be very deep, they are accessible to all because they have their source in God, divine Mind, who is everywhere. Healing is available to everyone, regardless of time and space.

The author didn’t want to serve God only out of guilt or when she had an urgent need. She wanted the desire to grow in grace—and live in step with what she cherished.

When we follow Christ Jesus in meekness and love, relationship problems are healed and we feel close to God.

There’s no formula for becoming a Christian Science practitioner, but commitment, compassion, conviction, courage, consecration, constancy, and confidence are Christly qualities that are integral to this sacred profession.

Everything we experience is actually thought objectified, so even disease can be addressed in thought, knowing God, good, is the only real Mind.

A journalist prays when he loses his job due to a reorganization in his company. 

An author who volunteers as a Christian Science prison chaplain shares how she helped an inmate who was disruptive. She prayed for direction and shared with the inmate that he is God’s reflection, deeply valued by his divine Parent.  

Listening to ideas from God enabled this professor to publish a series of books over the course of 15 years, where he patiently prayed to know what to write and how to best help students of his academic institution.