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When I first became interested in Christian Science, I found the whole question of spiritual progress a bit difficult to understand. I was a few years too old for the Sunday School, and I wondered, "What I can do to deepen my understanding of Christian Science?" I found my answer as I continued reading the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

A FEW YEARS AGO, MY FAMILY AND I HAD A WONDERFUL Opportunity to travel around the world for an entire year. During this trip, my wife, two young daughters, and I wound up visiting 34 countries on six continents.

HE SHOOTS! HE SCORES! HE WINS THE GAME! One of the greatest moments in soccer is when you score a goal. For many athletes, it is the most important part of the game.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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