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MORE THAN A FORM OF PRAYER, singing can actually teach us how to pray. In a profound way, effective healing prayer has the element of a song—the lyrics or message blending with the "spirit" or music, which gives wings to that message.

AS A FORMER UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR of Intercultural Communication, I've engaged in numerous interfaith dialogues in places I've lived or traveled within the United States, and regions such as the Middle East, as well as in Japan, my home country. While many such encounters have been very memorable and have enriched my life and my views of the world, one particular conversation has stood out to me for its beautiful simplicity.

ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTS of forgiveness I have known of in my lifetime was of a friend in Northern Ireland whose daughter was murdered by the Irish Republican Army. When interviewed by the world's press shortly after the incident, he spoke of forgiving the perpetrators, and spent the rest of his life trying to bring peace and reconciliation to Ireland.

I have given the name to all the Christian Science periodicals. The first was The Christian Science Journal,  designed to put on record the divine Science of Truth; the second I entitled Sentinel, intended to hold guard over Truth, Life, and Love; the third, Der Herold der Christian Science, to proclaim the universal activity and availability of Truth; the next I named Monitor, to spread undivided the Science that operates unspent.

In the fall of 2008, Barbara Vining, then President of The Mother Church, and Brian Talcott—both practitioners and teachers of Christian Science—held meetings in 20 cities with Christian Science practitioners, teachers, and nurses on "Embracing the Christian Science Periodicals. " From January through May of 2009, they held meetings on the same subject by invitation from branch churches at 43 churches in the US.

"TEACH ME TO LOVE" by Louise Knight Wheatley ( Journal, October 1908, p. 408) became a favorite poem of mine many years ago as I began developing my practice of healing through Christly love.

WHEN OUR CHILDREN WERE LITTLE, how easily they would take my hand or my husband's when we crossed the street, trusting that we would safely get them to the other side. Although our children are now grown, this experience came back to me in a very touching way.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO I got a call from a father for help. His young son had fallen from a tree house, injuring his ankle, and he asked if I would pray for the boy.

MARY BAKER EDDY KNEW from personal experience that Christian Science healing is effective when the healer is conscious of God as infinite Love and expresses that in his or her life. In the 50th edition of Science and Health, published in 1891, Mrs.

WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF LOVE and what impact can the living of this love—even by one individual—have on one's life and the larger world around? The Bible story of Elisha at Dothan (see II Kings 6:8-23 ) offers a prime illustration of this divine power to practically and effectively resolve even the most dangerous conflict and bring safety and peace, not only to one or two people but to an entire region. PROTECTING POWER Elisha was a kind and gentle man, but he was also a spiritual tower.