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The early pioneers in the Christian Science movement built up a tremendous momentum for church growth through their healing work. This momentum was fueled by a supreme love of, and trust in, God, divine Spirit, the true motive-power in healing, and it underpinned the growth of the branches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, that these men and women founded.

One of my favorite quotes from the New Testament of the Holy Bible is “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place” ( II Corinthians 2:14 ). It is filled with the promise of victory—the assurance that triumph is inevitable for every one of us, right here, right now, always.

Over the years , The Christian Science Monitor has been recognized as one of the world’s best newspapers. But reporting the news is only the beginning of the Monitor ’s job.

I often hear people scoff at the idea of moral values, thinking they’re pointless and restrictive. The world today mostly equates morality with sexual propriety.

Our concept of family deepens when we see God as our forever Parent and guide.

Last October , several members from our local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, attended the Christian Science nursing meeting hosted by another branch church in our area. A robust conversation took place about how we care for each other in our churches, and how each one of us was expressing Christian Science nursing qualities—such as spiritual poise, listening, and kindness—in practical ways.

Recently, a gentleman in great distress came into our Christian Science Reading Room. He needed prayer, food, and money for the bus.

Our granddaughter Cassidy was to spend the weekend with us. We needed to pick her up from school, but I was nauseous and very uncomfortable.

Recently, instead of being annoyed by the gardener at the park using a noisy weed cutter in an otherwise peaceful environment, I cheerfully remarked, “You think you’ve done your job, and the next time you’re here, the grass has grown again!” We both laughed. As I thought about the grass, I realized that just as it continues to grow, even after being cut down, so do we often feel “cut down” by tragedies, hardship, criticism, and disappointment.

The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, cites Daniel Webster twice in her Prose Works to dismiss the view that Christianity is “fit only for women and weak men. ” To refute this claim, so belittling of the exercise of spiritual power, she quotes two decidedly not weak men: the French emperor Napoleon, who changed the face of Europe by force of arms, and New Englander Daniel Webster, who moved a new nation by the power of his words.