Articles

1. After many years in the industrial design and construction business, Paul Sedan now enjoys pursuing his lifelong love of fine art.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path—and leave a trail.

I HAVE A SMALL, CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY with diverse ideas about how to live life. Both my sons have left the "nest," one to work with at-risk teens, and the other to work with my brother, his uncle, in his property management business.

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I had the opportunity to backpack across a beautiful mountain range in New Mexico with six other young women at Philmont Scout Ranch. We had been grouped together for an expedition offered by Philmont through a unique Venture Scouting BSA (Boy Scouts of America) program.

When high school student Jenn Odell first began to experience anxiety attacks, she noticed she wasn't the only one—other students in her public school had similiar symptoms. She knew she had to somehow deal with the hopelessness she felt.

WHEN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BEGINS TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE, you can't help but find ways to let the whole world know about its healing ideas. It's like having an ocean full of natural resources that you simply can't claim just for yourself.

SPIRITUAL HEALING MEETS A CRYING NEED IN A COUNTRY LIKE OURS (the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa), where most health and social services are pretty nonexistent. People in developing countries naturally embrace Christian Science because they see how much healing it can bring to every part of their lives.

WHEN WE RECENTLY INVITED A LONGTIME VISITOR OF OUR CHURCH TO JOIN, she simply replied, "Yes, I was just waiting for an invitation!" We knew should have asked long ago. Our congregation had been praying for some time about the growth of our church—First Church of Christ, Scientist, in São Paulo, Brazil.

IT ALL STARTED WITH A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER TACKED ONTO THE DOOR of a building at the corner of 16th and Larimer, in Denver, stating in Spanish: Christian Science Service, 12:00 noon. Long before the first Spanish-language Christian Science service opened in what is known as Denver's metropolitan Christian Science Reading Room, Pete List was librarian at the Boulder Reading Room, approximately 25 miles northwest of Denver.

WHY HAVE A CHURCH? Can't we each just commune alone with our divine Source and feel all the strength, love, and power that come from that precious relationship? We could. If we had to.