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When I received the letter confirming my admission as a member to The Mother Church, I said out loud, “I’m in!” When I heard myself saying that, I sat down for a while to ponder what “I’m in” really meant to me, since that was such an unexpected response.   Here are some of the conclusions I came to: I’m dwelling in the atmosphere of Love; I’m in a loving environment at my branch church, and am included and supported by The Mother Church.

To me, The Mother Church is home. What it represents makes me feel as if I have found a “center for the affections” and “the dearest spot on earth,” as Mary Baker Eddy describes home (see Science and Health , p.

What’s the best way to be of service to the service? Be ready for Silent Prayer. Be ready to jump into it, willingly and confidently, No mental hemming or hawing or vacant listening But filled with the spirit of the healing Christ.

Prayer in Church.  The prayers in Christian Science churches shall be offered for the congregations collectively and exclusively.

Traveling to and from lectures is always an adventure—Love’s adventure. Most of the time it’s seamless and buoyant.

Our greatest need is also, paradoxically, the solution to every human challenge.

It seems, looking back, that I was always meant to be a Christian Scientist.   I was raised with very little spiritual guidance.

“I feel like a little part of my soul is dying inside every day I go to this job,” I sobbed to my husband one night. That may sound like melodrama, but at the time, my despair felt overwhelmingly real.

The other night I had a terrible dream. It was one of those dreams that seem so real it’s hard to distinguish it from reality.

A number of years ago my wife and I joined two other couples one Saturday to go to Los Angeles for a lecture and lunch. Like most friends we talked and laughed— thoroughly enjoying each other’s company.