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In the 1920s, my parents were vacationing with my two sisters and me in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. They were looking for a place to spend the night and saw a sign for a guesthouse, where they decided to stay.

A Christian Scientist who was on the bullet train to Kyoto, Japan, shares how she prayed when she lost sight of her sister. She learns that God’s help is faster than a bullet train. 

An avid pickleball player shares how she prayed after she sees an opponent experience an injury on the court. 

Entering the “sanctuary of Spirit” before studying the Christian Science Bible Lesson, we shut out distractions and pressures and open our hearts to God’s healing messages of Truth and Love. Our time with the Lesson is holy.

What does grace mean to you? And what does grace mean in the study and practice of Christian Science?

Why stop at physical healing? Mrs. Eddy yearned for her followers not only to experience spiritual healing of physical ills, but to respond to the impulse to inquire into the great cause that produces the healing, and, like her, to follow these impressions of truth to discover a whole new reality.

Dominion is woven into the very fabric of our being. This author experiences freedom from fear when she and her two young children take a road trip to find a new home. 

The author is asked by her branch Church of Christ, Scientist, to help hold church services in a mental institution. Her prayers led her to strive to be a transparency and let God’s love shine through—to let nothing interfere with the good God had for everyone. 

In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect (see Matthew 5:48 ). And in the Christian Science textbook, Mary Baker Eddy offers this deeper explanation: “God requires perfection, but not until the battle between Spirit and flesh is fought and the victory won” ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

Outside my window, marine blue with swirls of turquoise melds with soft yellow and a blaze of orange. As I gaze on the magnificent sunset, the luminescent colors kaleidoscope into new patterns, filling the horizon with glory.