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Like most small airplanes, ours has something called a transponder. This instrument allows an airplane to be recognized by an airport control tower.

Both ancient and modern history have shown what ultimately happens to widely believed yet mistaken concepts. Absolute facts slowly erode them until they finally crumble.

The compass needle always points north. The attractive force never denies the needle, nor can the needle deny the attraction.

Are we attempting , with God’s help or without, to build a grand and noble life? Or are we allowing the excellence of the life God has already given us to appear? Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures states, “We must form perfect models in thought and look at them continually, or we shall never carve them out in grand and noble lives” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 248 ).

Imagine being right in the middle of a cherished Bible story, walking in the sandals of a disciple of John the Baptist. After following John, you see Jesus for the first time and begin following him.

A few years ago , my husband and I adopted a rescue puppy who delighted in leaping onto the bed in the morning to wake me up. One morning she landed directly on my head with her paws tangled in my hair, jolting me out of a frightening dream.

The weather forecast for the day was hot, so I set out unusually early on my daily walk. I noticed the birds singing their cheery songs and thought of these words from one of Mary Baker Eddy’s hymns:  Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing,      Neath which our spirits blend Like brother birds, that soar and sing,      And on the same branch bend.

Making decisions can involve the promise of new adventures and opportunities. At the same time it can feel overwhelming.

I’ve been grateful for many years for the Christian Science periodicals and what each issue brings to me when I read it. I began reading them while I was in high school.

Early last summer, the subject for the Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly one week was “Christian Science. ” Throughout the week I had been carefully studying the Lesson, which is composed of passages from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.