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Is peace just an idealistic dream? Or is it a present possibility?

There are so many things I loved about attending the Christian Science Sunday School: the pure and holy atmosphere, the opportunity to delve into the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, and the spiritual lessons I learned. Sunday School was a place where I was encouraged to take these spiritual lessons and apply them to my life.

Last fall, Christian Scientists in my area of the United States had the privilege of taking part in “Conversations on Christian Science nursing” meetings sponsored by a local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, and conducted by representatives from The Mother Church. These meetings, held all over the world, showed the importance of Christian Science nursing to the healing mission of Christian Science.

Thanks so much for all that you are doing to promote a better understanding of and support for the Christ-healing that we are so privileged and blessed to study and practice. It was very interesting to attend recent meetings on Christian Science nursing.

Recently I was thinking about efforts being made to try to find the human remains of Christ Jesus—his DNA, his bones. Such efforts would try to deny the Master’s example to us of Life as spiritual and eternal, his resurrection, and his ascension.

It’s important that we all understand and uphold the true ideas of manhood and womanhood. Doing this is healing for ourselves and for the world.

Suppose we had been with Moses at Horeb. Climbing with him, with the same inner impulsion, out of the valley full of doubts, up in search of a God he knew must exist but was only learning how to understand.

The author notes that "The false claims that matter creates, constitutes, and governs man need to be denied, and we can affirm the absolute truth that causation, substance, and law have their source in Spirit."

If we’ve been raised in Christian Science, we may be tempted to take its daily blessings and harmonizing effects for granted. There comes a time, however, when it’s necessary to dig deeper in order to make this healing Science our own.

When Mary Baker Eddy issued instructions to begin publication of a daily newspaper, she made a significant statement, notable both for what it did not say as well as for what it did. What Mrs.