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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

YOUR INSIGHTS

In these pages we've gathered several shorter items—articles of less than a page in length and excerpts from longer manuscripts that offer useful, inspiring insights. We hope you enjoy this kind of short-form nourishment in each issue.

START WITH GOD

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, no tree was safe from me. I just loved the challenge to climb high.

THE 'GOODLY' PEARL OF HEALING

THE GOODLY PEARL PARABLE is a simple one, but what it reveals about the substance of the kingdom of heaven can make a meaningful difference in healing. In telling the parable, Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it" ( Matt.

CAN LIFE SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE?

NOTHING—NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE —can "separate us from the love of God," the Apostle Paul wrote in his Epistle to the Romans ( 8:39 ). Despite the hardships Paul experienced, he remained convinced of this.

SUPPORTING RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED what Mary Baker Eddy might say about some of the burning political issues of our times? Have you ever been tempted to quote her in support of one of your own political views? Actually, she provided a comprehensive answer about her politics in her published writings. Here is an excerpt from the Boston Post and reprinted in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, page 276: "Mrs.

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LAW TO YOURSELF

AS CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WE HAVE BEEN DIRECTED to give daily attention to a short note in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (p. 237), stated simply: TAKE NOTICE To Christian Scientists: —See Science and Health, page 442, line 30, and give daily attention thereto.

OVERCOMING THE CARNIVOROUS NATURE

WHEN, THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS OWN, DANIEL WAS THROWN into a lions' den (see Dan. chap.

THE FIRST CHOICE

"WOW! You must have so much faith .

Healing: 'a need that is above all others'

As a researcher in The Mary Baker Eddy Library, I naturally do a lot of reading of historical documents about Mrs. Eddy and the history of Christian Science.

ROAD DIARIES

An occasional column, recording insights and experiences from members of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship as they travel the world, speaking on Christian Science and its healing mission. IN LATE SUMMER of 2009, I traveled with my wife to Sylt, the northernmost of Germany's islands, where I had been invited to give a Christian Science lecture.