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Among the many things I learned in a Christian Science Sunday School when I was a child was Mary Baker Eddy’s answer to the question “What is the scientific statement of being?” It begins: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all” ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

 Our church had a special meeting last year at which we were invited to write a paragraph about the difference our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, makes in our life. I began my contribution by recalling how much I had enjoyed my chemistry classes in college.

 When I was in third grade , my teacher asked each student in our class to draw a pie chart to illustrate how much time we each thought we spent on various activities throughout our day. Before drawing the charts, though, we first generated, as a class, a list of possible activities we could choose to include in our charts.

The security we all yearn for is found only in the teachings of Christ. When Christ Jesus said, “If ye abide in me” ( John 15:7 ), he gave us the prerequisite for his every promise of good, including “There shall not an hair of your head perish” ( Luke 21:18 ).

One day some years ago , when I was serving as an attendant at a Christian Science Reading Room, the librarian informed the staff of a problem with our daily deliveries of The Christian Science Monitor. When she arrived at the Reading Room in the mornings, our copies of the Monitor were often missing, though she was assured by our delivery service that they had been delivered to our doorstep.

When a loved one passed away, I felt a sense of separation and aloneness. Endeavoring to pray and overcome the grief, I recalled an earlier experience I’d had during one of my daily walks that took me past several blocks of art galleries.

Corruption can feel like a problem that’s out of our hands and it’s unfixable. The good news is that there is something we can do about it and it begins with our prayers.

When I was a child, attending Sunday School was an important part of my life especially on Easter Sunday. The flowers were springing up, and there was a sense of renewal all over.

 One recent day , as I considered all the healings I’ve experienced and witnessed through the practice of Christian Science, I noticed quite vividly a common denominator to them all. Each and every case, no matter what the trouble seemed to be, was primarily the result of believing the lie that man could be separated from God’s love.

 Do you find yourself deeply inspired by the truth of being—the eternal harmony of God and His creation—yet not as successful as you want to be, or need to be, when it comes to rejecting material evidence to the contrary?  The Scriptures tell us, “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good” ( Genesis 1:31 ). Therefore, in an absolute sense, whatever is not Godlike and good, whatever is not spiritual and perfect, is not real.