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

The universe is music

Suppose somebody came up to you and said that the universe is made of music. What would you think? Would it have more meaning if the person espousing the view was a physics professor at Johns Hopkins University? In his "Unheard Melodies," Johns Hopkins University professor Donald Hatch Andrews said that in 1924, a young physicist named Louis de Broglie "proposed that the universe is not matter but music.

A personal sense of responsibility ...

At one point in my career, I was part of a development team assigned to plan a major business conference for both international and US delegates. Since my group was also responsible for developing much of the content for the two-day meeting, we all needed to maintain great flexibility and creativity, as well as unity and teamwork.

Brushstrokes of sunlight

When I began painting these alpine flowers in the summer of 2000, I wanted to capture their perseverance. But it was over the next several months that my own perseverance would be tested.

I Didn't Know What To Do Next. I had been praying about the right job, purpose, fulfillment.

What people are saying about church services

I left Christian Science years ago for a variety of reasons. I was "out there," big time, on a spiritual journey, because spirituality was very important to me.

San Juan Capistrano: Prayer brings people together

We've thought a lot about how our church can be more healing. And we realize that prayer is the best thing going.

Beginning in June 2004, after Annual Meeting, The Mother Church is planning to add services in Spanish on Sundays and Wednesdays because of the significant Hispanic population in Boston. First Reader designate Lyle Young, of Ottawa, Canada, says that this is one of the many ways "to help discover the global church community for everyone.

The whole thing about a really vital church service—the thing that keeps people's attention and creates a climate for healing—is freshness. You feel that at other churches, like the Baptist churches in our community.

1866 Mary Baker Eddy discovers Christian Science. 1875 She publishes her book, which is entitled Science and Health.

A humble Christian

Hermann Hering was healed of a longstanding illness through Christian Science, and in the late 1890s he left his academic career to devote his life to prayer-based healing. He later became a teacher of Christian Science healing.