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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

EATING DISORDER—HEALED

In 2003, I badly needed to have a better view of myself. Although I wasn't fully aware of it at the time, challenges at my workplace that included downsizing concerns had begun to take a toll on my self-esteem.

THE INWARD NATURE OF HEALING

Unhappy Because Of A Severe Case Of the flu, I stumbled down the stairs to the telephone. At my request, my wife had called a Christian Scientist two hundred miles away to pray for me and give me Christian Science treatment.

HEALING CHRONIC ILLNESS

Willingness to relinquish fixed impressions of time is a step toward healing chronic illness through prayer as practiced in Christian Science. (Interestingly, the word chronic comes from the Greek word kronos, meaning "time.

IT SAYS IT'S BY MARY BAKER EDDY—BUT IS IT REALLY?

We get around 100 questions each week in The Mary Baker Eddy Library's Research Room. Most of these are about Mrs.

CONTRIBUTORS

1. Christian Science teacher Allison "Skip" Phinney and his wife of 55 years, Janet, live in Massachusetts, where they raised their two children.

LEANING ON THE DIVINE

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. —PROVERBS 3:5 YEARS AGO, during the winter months in San Diego, I decided to become SCUBA-certified.

ON A SEARCH FOR TRUTH

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.

ONE POWER OVER ALL

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.

ANGELS? ARE YOU THERE?

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 PATH TO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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.