Articles

The History of Christian Science class teaching begins in 1866, the year Mary Baker Patterson (later Mary Baker Eddy) suffered a serious injury in an accident. Three days later, to the amazement of her friends, she was healed.

1. Leigh Daugherty's article, "Keeping Confident in Christian Healing," brings fresh, experience-based inspiration to the Journal's feature section this month.

MY RIDING INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT HAPPY. I'd been trotting my horse, Belle, on a circle in the grass, and she'd been poking her nose up and looking around, blatantly ignoring my cues.

LAST YEAR the Christian Science Board of Directors came to Uruguay and met with a group of about 20 young people in Montevideo, the capital. I was there.

Why Me? I KNEW THAT I COULD STUDY AND PRACTICE Christian Science without being a member of a church. So, when members of the branch church I was attending encouraged me to join, I didn't really understand why I should, although I enjoyed the inspiration I was getting from the services.

I WAS RAISED IN A VERY RELIGIOUS AND LOVING HINDU FAMILY in India. Prayer has always been a part of my life, but I thought prayer mostly involved doing things such as fasting, chanting, worshipping idols, and making pilgrimages to certain religious sites.

LOOKING BACK ON THE IMPACT of my first healing in Christian Science—an instantaneous and permanent release from migraine headaches—I'm struck by how this Science helped prepare me to put down fear and trust God completely even in the midst of uncertainties. I saw that right where doubts and difficulties appear, then and there God's love strengthens us.

I WAS READY TO BE MARRIED. I had a home, a career, investments, even a cool car.

IT'S LIBERATING TO LIFT the historical view of tithing from an old theology concept of "sacrifice to the gods" to a spiritual view. In Science and Health, the "Glossary" chapter's interpretation presents the idea that any contribution, whether a tithe or not, can flow from "homage" and "gratitude" to the one Almighty God.

Ear hath not heard, nor hath lip spoken, the pure language of Spirit. —Mary Baker Eddy THE BIBLE STORY of the tower of Babel is just nine short verses (see Gen.