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I've found that although the Bible was written thousands of years ago, it nevertheless still speaks in very relevant, practical ways. And thanks to Mary Baker Eddy's unique insights, some words and passages have taken on especially powerful meaning to me.

EVERY DAY I AM BLESSED WITH OPPORTUNITIES to communicate through technology, to reach out to people and places that inspire me, and to discover new ways of engaging in dialogue with the world. Still, the pervasive and ever-increasing presence of technology appears to generate a wired reality—one in which everyone is expected to be in a state of constant connectivity.

THE EMOTIONAL PAIN WAS MORE THAN I could handle. My 18-month relationship with my boyfriend had ended, and I thought my life had ended, too.

DUTIES OF A SABBATH-SCHOOL TEACHER. 1.

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. —Jeremiah 31:3 "It's true," we editors tell young people over and over again— during writing workshops, on the phone, by e-mail, in precious one-on-one chats here in our offices, or when we meet up together on the road— we value your voices.

JESUS DIDN'T CREATE A "TOP DOWN" MINISTRY.  He went to the people.

NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE, GOD IS. This great theme runs through the Old Testament, or Hebrew Scriptures, from the accounts of Abraham, Hagar, Moses, the prophets, and up to the Jonah story.

Many years ago , a woman who had been recently widowed was experiencing increasing soreness in her pelvic bone, making it painful for her to walk or sit easily. One morning as she prayed about this condition, she saw the need to reject every argument of the material senses that she originated and lived in matter; and to adhere with uncompromising fidelity to the truth of her immortal spiritual identity originating in, and inseparable from, the divine Mind, God.

The Board of Trustees of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New Orleans, recently wrote to the Christian Science Board of Directors of The Mother Church: What progress! From initial services at the home of our First Reader to holding church in our Sunday School for 18 months, [church] was a haven for so many who had lost so very much. "If we would open their prison doors for the sick, we must first learn to bind up the brokenhearted" [see Science and Health , p.

1. Before entering the public healing practice of Christian Science in 2005, Jeremy Carper's career took him around the world.