Articles

The way to master trouble is to see it for what it is.

When faced with a picture of human suffering, this author and her daughter pray to see evidence of God’s government and the innocence of His children.

There’s a story in the Bible of Jesus commanding a man, “Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house” ( Matthew 9:6 ). Jesus certainly was not encouraging him to continue “sleeping”—or even sitting—on a bed of beliefs in sickness and limitation.

After the unexpected passing of a loved one, the author finds healing in the joy that never leaves us.

When flooding threatens the author’s home, she discovers nothing of real value can ever be lost.

Have you ever listened to an advertisement listing the possible side-effects of a drug and then felt queasy? Reading about those effects can make you feel ill, as well. Dr.

“It’s complicated!” No, it’s not a Facebook update about a relationship that’s heading south. It was a “nutshell” commentary on how difficult it is to understand the brain, from neuroscience professor Henry Markram, addressing a Brussels conference on European Brain Research.

Many years ago, I was newly married, with a baby on the way, and my husband was in the military, stationed in Iceland for a year. He wasn’t scheduled to come home until the baby would be nine months old.

When our Christian Science chaplain left the interfaith body at the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island about nine years ago, my church wanted me to step in. I was happy to accept, since I’d served in another interfaith group.