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Discovering Christian Science and how to heal through prayer leads this writer to a whole new way of life.

When devastating wildfires threaten a community, God’s love has never felt closer.

A father gains an expanded view of God’s mothering qualities when he unexpectedly becomes a single parent.

Waking up “fuzzy” one morning prompts a search for a spiritual identity.

In the Bible, Jesus prefaced some of his major works with four words: “Be of good cheer. ” Given the extremes of the human conditions he often faced, these words seem incongruous—at least from the point of view of the sufferer.

I boarded my connecting flight in Atlanta, Georgia, and settled into my window seat, ready to take a short nap on the last leg of my journey. When my seatmate sat down, we exchanged smiles and greeted one another.

I had been serving as First Reader in my Christian Science branch church and had only three Sundays left for the completion of a three-year term. It was my habit to arrive at the church about an hour before the beginning of the service.

Assumptions. What’s behind them, and why do we make them? Almost every day we draw conclusions based on what we accept as true, on what we’re certain will happen, without proof.

The Bible account of Noah and the ark shows him at his finest hour as a man of epic courage and dedication to God. But after the flood, Noah’s story takes a less heroic turn.