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Mary Baker Eddy uses the word "nurse" only a few times in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. In one fascinating passage, she describes the qualities of an ideal nurse in some detail.

When I want to address a challenge spiritually, I tend to take one of two approaches. I would describe the first as a sort of knee-jerk reaction: I immediately dash over some Bible passages, or jot down some concepts that I've learned in church or in Sunday School.

Throughout my years of spiritual study, I've often read about and heard others speak of the Holy Spirit in relation to the Holy Trinity—God (or Father), Son, and Holy Ghost. My own concept of the Trinity came mostly from Christian friends who would liken it to an egg—God being the shell, the Holy Spirit being the whites, and the Son being the yolk.

Love the angel's reply when Mary, soon to be mother of Jesus, asked how she could possibly bear a child, being a virgin. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," the angel assured her, "and the power of the Most High will overshadow you" ( Luke 1:35, New International Version).

For years, the subject of the Holy Ghost was baffling to me. Yet there are many Biblical citations as well as references in Mary Baker Eddy's writings that refer to the Holy Ghost, which prompts me to ask: What part does it actually play in the demonstration of Christian Science healing? A passage in Science and Health sheds light: "Jesus demonstrated Christ; he proved that Christ is the divine idea of God—the Holy Ghost, or Comforter, revealing the divine Principle, Love, and leading into all truth" ( p.

Jesus demonstrated Christ; he proved that Christ is the divine idea of God — the Holy Ghost, or comforter, revealing the divine Principle, Love, and leading into all truth. — MARY BAKER EDDY Sometimes it speaks to us in a whisper, not the roar we expect.

Over the last year, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston (The Mother Church) has been facilitating meetings in support of the public practice of Christian Science healing. These meetings are sponsored by branch churches for those nurturing a budding practice, for those already in the public practice, and for those supporting the healing practice with their love and prayers.

When my brother-in-law and his wife lived in Saudi Arabia a few years back, they wanted to attend a Protestant church there, the particular denomination not being of great importance. They lived in a compound that was virtually a city unto itself separate from the general Saudi population and included several Christian churches.

AS CHILD GROWING UP in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I was raised in the Catholic church. While my interest grew in the life of its saints, God still remained unknown to me.

The  nearly 28,000 letters and manuscripts and more than 800 reminiscences that make up part of The Mary Baker Eddy Library's collections give us a window into the life and ideas of Mary Baker Eddy and can help us to better understand her published writings. For example, we can turn to the collections for further insight into Mary Baker Eddy's deep love of the Lord's Prayer.