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I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THERE IS A GOD, or I suppose at least sensed that there's something more than ourselves. But as I grew up, I developed the belief of a punishing God.

About a month ago I had a friend over. As we were going for a walk down my street, we began talking about parties and how nowadays, for it to be a good party you have to have alcohol.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE INVITED TO post a series of blogs on the Internet? Doors open wide for further opportunities. At least, that's what happened to Tony Lobl, Christian Science practitioner and Committee on Publication for Greater London and District Manager for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

The British magazine, The New Statesman, last year asked Christian Scientists in Cambridge, England, to recommend a writer who could contribute to their "Faith Column" on the magazine's Web edition. Tony Lobl, Christian Science practitioner and Committee on Publication for Greater London and District Manager for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, eagerly accepted the opportunity.

FROM THE EARLIEST MENTION OF GOD IN THE Old Testament to the last chapter in the New Testament, the character and identity of divinity is often represented as Spirit. The first three verses of the Bible tell us: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

WALK WITH ME DOWN THIS PATH FOR AWHILE. What if material existence as we know it is nothing more than a sham? What if the assumptions about matter simply aren't true? What if, in reality, matter possesses no substance, so it couldn't possibly have or house any life or intelligence? Without life, substance, or intelligence, matter would have no law to back it up, but would present a kind of lawlessness wherever its existence was presumed true.

Inspiration: (n. ) a divine influence.

DISTURBED BY TV IMAGES OF BOMBED BUILDINGS, fear-stricken faces of civilians, and brave soldiers rescuing children from smoked-filled streets, I prayed. The images contrasted sharply against the peaceful sway of the hammock outside my kitchen window.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not  unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways  acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

AFTER A FEW MONTHS ON THE JOB as president of The Mary Baker Eddy Library, I've only begun to understand the value of its collection of documents and objects that illustrate the life of the Discoverer of Christian Science. Literally thousands of letters, plus sermons, scrapbooks, and household records, are available for study in digitized format.