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I was sitting in church, turning my thoughts toward God before the service, when I began doing mental math problems with the hymn numbers posted at the front of the church. What is it that pulls our focus off the spiritual and onto lesser subjects? What is it that distracts us from feeling our natural love for God and the goodness of His creation? The answer is a pivotal term used in the practice of Christian Science: animal magnetism.

The lives of great men and women always inspire us. Individuals who break barriers or overcome adversity raise our sights and encourage us to be our own best selves.

A humorous cartoon inspires a helpful lesson in healing.

When the writer faced bouts of depression and doubt in college, she began to reexamine Christian Science and its system of spiritual healing.

Facing financial ruin and a bleak future, Linda Doty set her sights on the Bible’s promises of prosperity.

There is no room for frustration or discouragement when we turn to Love.

When their view of home expands to embrace the infinite, a couple’s house-hunt takes an unexpected turn.

"Seeing" ourselves correctly—the way God does—ultimately leads to healing.

Whether it is given or received, pure, selfless, and sincere love blesses, protects, and heals because it is an expression of divine Love. I continually remind myself: “It doesn’t matter whether love is unrequited or not; it doesn’t matter what others do, say, or think, if it is erroneous, it is nothing, because only love counts.

Many people wonder: What is death? An absolute end? Do those who die end up in heaven or hell or some place in between? Will they be reincarnated in a physical form? And why has humanity always been so fascinated with death?  The allegory of Adam and Eve in the second chapter in the book of Genesis in the Bible affirms that man is made from dust and must return to dust. In other words, man is born a mortal and therefore his life must inevitably end in death.