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I was born into a devout Christian family. When I was a child, my parents brought me to a Protestant church Sunday School, where I learned about the Bible, sang religious songs, and was taught to love all of God’s creatures.

Because I’ve never been able to conceive of God as a gigantic force somewhere in the heavens above, I’ve found it comforting and very satisfying to accept that God is, quite simply, the presence of goodness. This goodness is everywhere, and we realize this whenever we take the time to look.

One Wednesday evening, after answering a late phone call, I decided to attend a Christian Science branch church that was about five minutes from my home. The readings were inspiring and uplifting.

We love to be invited to parties or celebrations, don’t we? We go with expectation and joy! But how fully are we as Christians responding to the life-changing invitation Christ Jesus extends to all his followers in every age, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world”  (Matt. 25:34) ? What is the inheritance the Master promises us? Isn’t it our rightful place in God’s kingdom as His cherished sons and daughters—a place that has been prepared for each one of us? The revelation of the Science of Christianity in this age helps us to accept fully Christ’s invitation through our own study of the Bible and Science and Health.

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him?”  (Ps. 8:4).

During my year of reporting for The Christian Science Monitor on the impact of the war in Vietnam at the end of the 1960s, I prayed daily to hear what the Christ—“.

It is such a privilege to have been educated in Christian Science, from the time I was a little girl. In the Sunday School I attended in Buenos Aires, and through my mother’s healing work, I learned about God’s laws and have witnessed through the years how these laws operate in my life, bringing health and happiness to me and my family.

I’d be lost without Mary Baker Eddy and her discovery of Christian Science. It’s not an overstatement.

When I began working in the Archives of The Mother Church, I didn’t anticipate how profoundly I’d be influenced by the historical material I encountered in the study of the life and work of Mary Baker Eddy. Her integrity and her Christianity were abundantly apparent in the documentary evidence.

Remember Jesus' words  to Peter in the garden of Gethsemane? After praying fervently the night before his crucifixion, Jesus found Peter and two other disciples sleeping instead of watching and praying with him. He asked Peter, “What, could ye not watch with me one hour?” (Matt.