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Hardly a month goes by that I don’t think about how I came back to Christian Science. Almost every Christian Science Bible Lesson reminds me of that experience.

Looking for a job can be tough, and if you turn on the news today, it may seem impossible. Right out of college in a struggling economy, and just after getting married, I began looking for a way to start my career.

It was soon after my association this year, and I was still contemplating the theme: “Infinite. ” Then one day, I realized more deeply the value of Science and Health when I was reading another book that asked us to pray for the earth, even a little time every day.

Has anyone ever told you, “Don’t worry—I have your back”? There’s a sense of guardianship in those words—a kind of knowing, that no matter what, someone is guiding your footsteps and keeping you safe from unforeseen harm.   How can we know that God has our back? The following experience illustrates the idea that we’re cared for at all times and in all circumstances big or small.

I love the Second Commandment. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,” it begins ( Ex.

One afternoon I was rooting around the kitchen looking for a snack and discovered my husband’s secret stash of Oreo cookies. There was a reason he’d hidden them—I had a tendency to eat up all the goodies before he could have any.

Recently I was impelled to ponder Jesus’ saying: “There is none good but one, that is, God. ” This was his answer to a young man who addressed him as “Good Master” (see Matthew 19:16, 17 ).

In the November 2011 issue of the Journal , in the column, “Frequently Asked Questions on the Healing Practice” (p. 19), the question that month had to do with love in marriage and how “a normal sex life [fits] with a life devoted to Christian Science healing.

For many years, Mary Baker Eddy’s mirror analogy of God and His reflection, man, in a mirror was a challenge to me. She states, “God is revealed only in that which reflects Life, Truth, Love,—yea, which manifests God’s attributes and power, even as the human likeness thrown upon the mirror, repeats the color, form, and action of the person in front of the mirror” ( Science and Health , pp.

When I was a young teenager, I kept a diary. The entries were of no great moment, but they were important to me, and I loved to write.