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Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Mars.
As English speakers know, many words in the English language have meaning both as nouns and as verbs. For example, one can go to the store and buy a book (noun).
An editorial in The Christian Science Monitor , (“Personal Pulpits,” October 3, 2011), noted that a growing number of people are seeking an individual approach to religion rather than affiliating with an organized religion. It ended with this statement: “The challenge for America’s religious organizations now is how to embrace today’s spiritual wanderers while staying true to their own founding vision.
In the Manual of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy recommends,“that each member of this Church shall strive to demonstrate by his or her practice, that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and wholly, thus proving this Science to be all that we claim for it” ( p. 92 ).
As a young adult I became a member of The Mother Church shortly after the end of World War II. The decision to join the Church seemed to be the culmination of prayerful years during the war in my native Germany.
Recently a friend—a mother of a Christian Science college student—told me of her daughter’s recent question: “Why join The Mother Church?” My friend then asked me a question: “Do you have any thoughts to share?” I realized that the only thoughts I could offer up were my own reasons for joining The Mother Church. Back when I was new to Christian Science, I joined—not knowing what it meant.
Mom was a Christian Scientist —sort of. Dad was an atheist—sort of.
Before I found Christian Science, I would have thought a church was the last organization I would want to join. Sure, I considered myself a spiritual seeker, and I’d always had an intuitive belief in God.
Charity to All. While members of this Church do not believe in the doctrines of theosophy, hypnotism, or spiritualism, they cherish no enmity toward those who do believe in such doctrines, and will not harm them.
Several years ago, I was in Matadi, a port city in Bas-Congo in the Democratic Republic of Congo to give a lecture on Christian Science. The Christian Science Society in Matadi had rented a room for the lecture in a building next to a large outdoor market.