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"HI DARLING!" is how Myra Brown greets me when she opens the door of her apartment, which is tucked into a quiet New England village. And when I apologize for arriving empty-handed, having planned to buy flowers but finding myself, mile by mile, driving deeper into the rural countryside, she waves her hand dismissively, plunks two tea bags into two mugs and says, "Oh, I'm always so happy when people arrive without flowers!" I soon find this opening remark of Myra's to be the secret of her well-known buoyancy: she finds a way to appreciate just about everything that presents itself in her path.

The author points out that we find true rest as we understand God as Love itself.

1. Searching the Scriptures has long been a favorite pastime for Benjamin Gladden, a fact that will become more apparent when you see which of Jesus' commands Ben has written about for this month's Bible Forum.

I think we are all "in speechless prayer and reverence. " saying in the words of hymn 151 "dear Lord, [we] come to Thee.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS, teachers of Christian Science from all over the world met in Boston for a family gathering. Discussion groups, panels, and just warm connecting—or reconnecting—with friends and classmates filled two days in an unseasonably mild November in 2006.

I'VE COME TO REALIZE that in order to have direction in life you don't necessarily need to have an agenda, for example, a career plan, a school plan, a relationship plan—or any plan at all. Of course, if you do have one, and it happens to work out, that's great.

I grew up with my parents' religion, but it wasn't for me. So when I was 13, I began going on my own to some other churches.

I remember that when my dad came for my arraignment in court, my younger brother was with him, and he was crying about the situation. And I knew I'd really let my family down.

DECEMBER 1982. A telephone call from my 22-year-old daughter awakened me in the middle of the night.

God is Spirit; therefore the language of Spirit must be, and is, spiritual. Christian Science attaches no physical nature and significance to the Supreme Being or His manifestation; mortals alone do this.