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

The source of it all

THIS MIGHT sound like a radical concept, but here it is: You and God are one. Not just related, not just connected.

ONE TINY EMBER

AVID CAMPERS and those (like me) with wood-burning furnaces know that building a proper fire doesn't happen instantaneously. But with patience and persistence, a lone ember, or the flame of a single match, can be coaxed into a cheerful, crackling blaze.

LATENT THOUGHT, ACTIVE RESPONSE

WORDS ARE POWERFUL. They shape thinking and change lives.

Being there

SHE'S A BIT OF A MYSTERY, THIS WOMAN. I can't help wondering about her.

First, be last

THE MESSAGE ON THE ROADSIDE MARQUEE GOT MY ATTENTION: "Everyone who wants to be first must first be last, and the servant of all. " Since my commute to work took me past this church every day, I'd often made a point of noting the topic for the upcoming Sunday service.

CONTRIBUTORS

From the window of his second-story home office in Upland, California, Rob Gilbert can catch a clear view of Mt. Baldy's 10,000-foot-high peak.

Threads of friendship

They seem insignificant, almost wispy, moments. Spun together in our memories, though, they're like silk filaments becoming a skein, then a scarf, then a gift.

who's the BOSS?

One day when I was 11, I had just gotten out of school and had walked across the road to see my friend while I waited for my mum. On my way back, a jeep was coming, but I didn't see it.

Shutterbug

If I could give you one thing, it would be a camera. it would change your life.

Call me 'Mom'

Listen to Verta Driver talk about her many children, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Motherhood is part of the very fabric of her life.