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Early last summer, the subject for the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly one week was “Christian Science. ” Throughout the week I had been carefully studying the Lesson, which is composed of passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

Years ago, I was driving home alone one evening over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, through a very thick fog. I had learned and demonstrated, early in my upbringing as a Christian Scientist, that God is the divine Mind and lovingly communicates with and helps all of us, since we are His children.

One early morning , I woke up with this thought: “See the whole thing. ” Smiling, I stayed in bed for a while to ponder it.

It can be tempting to consider the Bible as merely a book of stories about ancient peoples; a book that is replete with allegories, conflicts, and famous characters from long ago. But through Christian Science, discovered by Mary Baker Eddy—and explained in her work Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures —I have come to see the Bible in a spiritual light as the “chart of life” ( Science and Health, p.

In the Bible it is recorded that after the Israelites had been freed from slavery in Egypt and were being led by Moses to the Promised Land, Pharaoh changed his decision to free them and pursued them to bring them back into slavery.   When the Israelites saw their previous captors pursuing them with horses and chariots—the advanced military vehicles of that age—they became afraid.

You may have noticed a growing use of the term chaos in the news media. It denotes confusion, disorder, or unpredictability occurring in physical bodies, the body politic, or nature.

How often do we find ourselves mentally condemning someone for an opinion or action with which we don’t agree? Christ Jesus was once approached by a group of religious leaders, who brought with them a woman they had condemned for adultery (see John 8:1–11 ). They were ready to kill her by stoning.

A number of years ago I started to feel a desire for a better understanding of Christ Jesus. As I began a genuine in-depth study of what the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s writings tell us about the Master, a new world opened up.

Throughout history, people have wrestled with issues relating to life and death. The Bible is full of examples, and ultimately Christ Jesus challenged the notion that death is inevitable.

A few years ago , my husband and I adopted a rescue puppy who delighted in leaping onto the bed in the morning to wake me up. One morning she landed directly on my head with her paws tangled in my hair, jolting me out of a frightening dream.