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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.

"WOW! You must have so much faith .

As a researcher in The Mary Baker Eddy Library, I naturally do a lot of reading of historical documents about Mrs.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

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.

I TOOK MY FIRST DANCE class when I was six, and fell in love with dancing. As a senior in high school I was faced with the age-old question that visits every dancer—should I dance or go to college? My parents, quite literally, dragged me kicking and screaming through the college application process.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MET ME where I was in life at a time when I most needed direction. At eighteen, after years of emotional turmoil and feeling unloved, I left home and found myself alone in Philadelphia searching for answers.