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When my family was young, one day I found my home in anguish. The children were complaining, one of them was ill, my wife was too, the mood in the home was gloomy, and I was depressed.

One thing that sets Christian Science churches apart from most other churches is the weekly testimony meeting on Wednesday nights. The past two years I’ve come to appreciate these gatherings as mid-week refreshments.

I remember a psychology course I had in college, where I was introduced to the idea that humans, when threatened, choose between two primal responses: They either stay and fight with the intent to conquer their foe, or else they turn and flee in hope of evading the threat. But I’ve found a third approach in my study of the Bible.

If you’ve ever been to the beach, you may have seen a kind of seaweed called kelp. These plants grow together underwater in what are called kelp forests.

Years ago, I felt a leap of inspiration when I read that Mary Baker Eddy frequently told her students, “Now remember what you are” ( We Knew Mary Baker Eddy , 1979, p. 203).

I first “met” Mary Baker Eddy when I was 12, just after my dad left my family. My mom’s sister sent us a Bible and Mrs.

When I was growing up, I heard wonderful stories about Mary Baker Eddy’s life. She was a heroine to me.

Graduate school was not going well at all. I was at an impasse with my master’s thesis, and feeling pretty distressed.

As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life. First tenet of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

A major revitalization project is underway on the 14. 5-acre site surrounding The Mother Church in Boston.