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It was autumn , and, as I live in Oregon, it was raining. There had been a notice in the newspaper about blocked storm drains, asking people to help clear them since the city could not keep them all clear all the time.

It had been a rough couple of months in my business. Everything was at a standstill.

One morning while planting flowers in my garden, I suddenly began to feel severe discomfort and pain. As I rose, with the full intention of going into our home to pray, these words came to me: “Wait, and love more for every hate, and fear / No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain” ( Poems , p.

Is our true origin and heritage based on material conditions and genetics? Or is it pure, eternal, and spiritual? We find insight on this in First John, where we read, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God” ( 3:2 ). This divine fact, that right now we all are the very sons and daughters of God, Spirit, provides the basis for healing.

Does this sound familiar? An irritating thought or situation comes up in our lives, and we feel as if we can’t get past it. In fact it seems as if the problem, instead of God, is determining what we do and is standing in the way of the progress we hope for.

When Ferdinand Magellan set sail in 1519, his objective was not to make the earth round. He was simply demonstrating what he knew to be true—that the earth was already round.

 The dictionary defines innocence as being free from guilt or sin, being unacquainted with evil. In Christian Science, we learn that innocence is the manifestation of the goodness of God, which is expressed in everything He creates.

A Christian Science church service is unique. In fact, the service might be a surprise to those accustomed to hearing a sermon delivered by a traditional preacher who serves at a particular time in a particular place.

Yesterday I received a phone call from someone who had a heavy cold and told me that she had identified the “epicenter” of this illness at her job. This got me to thinking about man’s real, spiritual center as the child of God.

 The announcement of the meeting at my local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, sent me once again to study Mary Baker Eddy’s definition of Church so that I’d be prepared to participate. I did not expect to find something that stirred my thought in such a needed way.