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The universal message of the Christian Science periodicals is reaching all kinds of people around the world. Here are some of the things they are saying.

From Fargo, North Dakota, US: I am a lifelong Lutheran who has subscribed to the Sentinel for the past several years. I look forward to receiving your publication each week, and usually read it cover to cover.

Unlike many 19th-century women, Mary Baker Eddy not only was a deep spiritual thinker and leader; she was also grounded in the nitty gritty of running a church and getting the message of Christian Science out. This diversity of talents allowed her to establish her Church and The Christian Science Publishing Society, which she expected to support the Church, on solid business and legal ground.

In a 1903 letter to Mary Baker Eddy, periodicals Editor Archibald McLellan asked her for "a rule by which I may be guided when I doubt the value of some article that is presented, or  some plan that is advocated .

It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church; and it shall be the duty of the Directors to see that these periodicals are ably edited and kept abreast of the times. — Church Manual, Art.

Controversy Swirls over theories of creation, evolution, and genetics. Fighting has flared up in the Middle East and other trouble spots.

One of Britain's most notable physical scientists, Martin Rees, stated in his recent book, Our Final Hour, that the very survival of the human race is dependent on actions we take in the current century. Rees, Our Final Hour (New York: Basic Books, 2003).

Sometimes I think that the majority of people on this planet don't trust their governments. This lack of trust may show up in sporadic mass demonstrations and violence.

I was arriving in Kano, Nigeria , to begin my first speaking tour, which was to start in Kaduna. My companions were excited about our route—a new highway that made travel so much easier—and the conversation frequently returned to the quality of the road.

Many governments around the world seem constantly to be in a state of flux. Even in stable and democratically governed societies, leaders on the local and national level may change every few years with new elections.