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As a teacher of college physics, and a Christian Scientist, I have been impressed by the clear understanding of optics shown by Mary Baker Eddy in her book, Science and Health. While taking a sabbatical at a neighboring university, I learned a fresh definition of the word image from a master physics teacher: “a collection of points, each of which corresponds exactly to a point in the source.

When I began studying Christian Science, I was very interested in its potential to remedy dental problems. Frankly, I had more eagerness than understanding.

Every motorcyclist quickly learns that the greatest danger comes from other drivers, despite their best intentions. They are the ones who, for whatever reason, don’t look for you and often don’t see you.

In the Bible, the barest of descriptions is given to the angels Michael and Gabriel. The Apostle John speaks briefly of Michael who with his band casts the red dragon out of heaven in a show of victory over evil (see Rev.

Pathology is a term that has been used for centuries to mean the study of suffering. It stems from the Greek word pathos and relates to grief or sorrow.

When I first began to seriously study Christian Science, I already had years of familiarity with the Bible and Science and Health. Or so I thought.

Mary Baker Eddy once wrote to a clergyman: “Those who look for me in person, or elsewhere than in my writings, lose me instead of find me. I hope and trust that you and I may meet in truth and know each other there, and know as we are known of God” ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany , p.

Mary Baker Eddy once gave a simple answer to the question of how to succeed in the practice of healing through prayer. “By being like Jesus,” she wrote, “by asking yourself am I honest? Am I just? Am I merciful? Am I pure? And being able to respond with your demonstrations to let what you can do for the sick answer this.

Each summer I travel to my home country of America where I have a wonderful opportunity to visit different Christian Science branch churches. Sometimes it appears that there are not many youth members in these branch churches.

Q) How can I be free of the necessity of taking pills?   —Asked at a recent Christian Science workshop in the Philippines A)  I love the heartfelt expectation expressed in your question—to “be free”! True freedom comes from an abiding trust in God to meet our every need, including health. This trust naturally follows as we learn that man’s being is spiritual, not material.