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Finding the true meaning of Christmas through the childlike heart that is receptive to the Christ message that comes through the story of the virgin birth

The Bible shows that God alone is on the throne, God alone is reigning, governing. This Biblical teaching is as true today as it was when the Bible was written

The blessings, healing, and light that comes from coming together in person as a church family and congregation

Christian Science teaches how to prune erroneous concepts out of our thinking so that our true selves can be revealed

Evil cannot identify us as targets or attach any false belief to us when we understand our true identity as God's child. How to give Christian Science treatment

It takes the courage expressed in the nativity story to meet the challenges of today's world with Christian Science, the only thing that can meet those needs

Christian Scientists around the world receive the sermon for the Sunday church service ahead of time—a full week in advance! Why is this? To my knowledge, this arrangement is unique among churches. Why did Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science, provide for this? Why not listen to the sermon for the first time on Sunday? Or why not have a Bible Lesson followed by a related sermon with fresh texts?  A study of the Church Manual can help us understand this.

Have you ever stopped to think about the Christian Science Sunday School and why it is so important? In my position of Sunday School Support Lead for the Church Activities Department of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, I think about this a lot.   I regularly meet with individual branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, and in almost every meeting about Sunday School, I have asked, “What is a Christian Science Sunday School, really?” During these meetings, people have shared a wide spectrum of wonderful ideas.

How often we find ourselves counting, measuring, and calculating numbers to answer a question, solve a problem, or describe a situation. Numbers permeate so many facets of life, from measuring personal health, to calculating how much time or money we have, to the state of the climate, to name just a few.

A book by a top professor at The Wharton School, the business school at the University of Pennsylvania, identifies some individuals as “givers”—who give without concern for what they may get back—and some as “takers”—who want to receive more than they give and “win” every transaction. The author, Adam Grant, researched which kind of orientation brought more success, both to the individuals and their endeavors.