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Pontius Pilate must have glimpsed something of the spiritual consciousness exhibited by Christ Jesus when he said to those who had accused Jesus, “I find no fault in him” ( John 19:6 ). How could there be any fault in Jesus, whose whole life was a constant “yea, yea” to Truth—to integrity, wisdom, unselfishness, to the purity of God’s creation—and a “nay, nay” to error—to confusion, hatred, selfishness, to all that would contradict God’s perfect work? Pilate found only truth in Jesus, even as Jesus had told him (see John 18:37 ).

While visiting with friends in their home, I fell ill with a severe headache. Earlier they had asked me to stay for dinner.

What happens when doubt begins to creep in when we’re praying? We can feel confidence that our prayers are effective because God, Love, is governing every situation.

Back in our early twenties, my wife and I moved from Boston back to our native Albany, New York, area. We brought with us our young dog, Cannon—how we loved that dog!  I hadn’t found employment yet, but a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, nearby had set aside funds to paint the exterior of their building.

I greatly enjoyed reading an interview about The Christian Science Monitor in the June 2016 Journal. The Monitor ’s principled standard of striving to report unadulterated news encourages idea-based solutions for global human needs.

“God is Love” ( I John 4:8 ) is displayed on the wall in most Churches of Christ, Scientist—usually behind the Readers’ platform. In the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy includes a definition of Church that begins by identifying it as “the structure of Truth and Love” ( p.

This author writes, “Jesus couldn’t have fed the multitude while accepting the limitation of having only five loaves and two fishes. Similarly, we can’t escape our problems if we’re convinced that we’re firmly stuck in them.”

I’d never heard the term “impostor syndrome” before until I attended a talk on the subject, one of a series given by my university to help graduate students cope with the stresses of graduate school. I learned that in the academic world the term is used to describe the feeling that we’re “faking it”—that we really don’t know all that we know as scholars and aren’t as smart as our intellectual accomplishments suggest.

In reviewing the Bible story of Jonah, I’ve wondered what it must have been like for him, having been swallowed by a great fish. There he was, trapped in darkness, isolated, struggling with fear and despair.

“Would you like me to pray for you?” my brother asked me as he sat down next to me. He could see that I hadn’t been feeling well throughout our morning activities on our family vacation, and he wasn’t shy about offering to help in this way.