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The other day I was listening on the radio to a song by a French singer, and the lyrics asked a more or less disillusioned question: “What if heaven is void?”  I wanted to ask that singer: “But what kind of heaven are you speaking about? Are you thinking of it as an area above our heads?” It occurred to me that even that “area” above our heads is infinite, filled with billions and billions of stars and galaxies. Astronomical discoveries continually push back the limits of what is called the universe.

For several years my daily motto has been Mary Baker Eddy’s sentence from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings” ( p. vii ).

When I became chairman of our branch church’s Children’s Room committee, I gave much prayerful thought to this activity and what should be done to support it in the best way. From this spiritual perspective, what came to me was the need to firmly establish in thought the truth about children in their relationship to Church.

I was endowed with the post of First Reader at my branch church in Lagos, Nigeria, three years ago. Since then, I have been trying my best to serve in the church, even though my residence is a bit far from the church because of the traffic situation in Lagos.

Luke 6:37 says, “Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. ” Forgiveness sounds easy enough, but the tough part is keeping out of thought the cause of that need for forgiveness.

When I’ve been healed of some physical difficulty through applying Christian Science treatment, I’ve always gotten a fuller understanding of what God is and what I am as a loved idea, reflection, of my Father-Mother—my divine Parent. Has healing been easy—instantaneous? Sometimes, but not always.

Three years ago , I had to find a new place to live and considered purchasing a house. Although I had lived in rental property for years, buying a home seemed like a reasonable step to take, and one I had desired for some time.

Why did Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science Church,  establish a secular international newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor? Why would a religious leader also have a purpose for news and information? As a staff editor for the Monitor, it’s a question I have thought about a lot. Today’s news environment is constant and aggressive.

When I was growing up, it was an analog world.   If one had to express this concept of analog in philosophical terms, I guess the best way would be to describe it as a gray area.

It is reasonable that the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, would hold glorious views of her discovery. In fact, she valued it beyond every other body of concepts on earth.