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We occasionally use the expression “out of the mouth of babes” ( Ps. 8:2 ) when hearing a child utter something that sounds so “adult” or mature.

A recent Christian Science Bible Lesson contained this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy: “The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man’s origin” ( p. 262 ).

We all know David wallops Goliath in the end. But how exactly did a young shepherd boy triumph over a menacing man of war?  It struck me recently that the key to the whole story—including its healing relevance to our lives—is in one little phrase: “five smooth stones.

Throughout her writings, Mary Baker Eddy explains that it is not the intention of Christian Science that people rely on it only when they feel ill or when faced with inharmony. We must live this Science every day.

Jesus placed many demands on his disciples. Chief among them was to heal the sick.

The Bible is filled with accounts of healing. The dead raised to life.

“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word” ( Luke 1:38 ).   Few passages in Scripture touch the heart as deeply as Mary’s humble and obedient response to the angel Gabriel when she was told that she would conceive a child who would be called the Son of God.

Asking myself how Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy have influenced my life, seems a little like asking how gravitation has had an effect on me. The point is that Christian Science and its divine Principle clearly haven’t been one among many factors; they’ve been more like spiritual gravitation—primary, acting on everything else.

Let us learn of the real and eternal, and prepare for the reign  of Spirit, the kingdom of heaven,—the reign and rule of universal  harmony, which cannot be lost nor remain forever unseen.   Mary Baker Eddy,  Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , p.

As in any good dialogue, we hear each other better when we visit each other’s homes. Michael Kinnamon, the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches (NCC), has come to visit The Mother Church three times, meeting with various representatives of the Church.