Articles

Some time ago, when my husband had been teaching at a university for several years, his position came up for tenure. To our dismay, the vote was negative, and although several of his colleagues felt it had been unfair, we knew he had to leave the university at the end of the academic year, which was rapidly approaching.

Downsizing. Right-sizing.

When I heard that the 2003 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church & Conference would take place in Berlin, I was excited. And some questions came to mind—like, "What can I expect from this meeting? What makes it so important? Why is the meeting being held in Berlin, my hometown?" Despite the wonderful fact that I don't have to travel far to get to the meeting, I was so grateful that the overall theme will be Mary Baker Eddy's statement: "The fact remains, that the textbook of Christian Science is transforming the universe.

El Bolsón, Argentina , is what might be called a city of seekers, since many of its inhabitants left Buenos Aires in the 1960s to make their way to this town, located in a valley in the middle of the Andes Mountains. They were searching for answers, meaning, a way of understanding truth.

At a crossroads—that's where occupational therapist and certified hand therapist Julie Amendola of Arlington, Texas, found herself five years ago. And it's where part one of Julie's real-life spiritual journey left off (see the May 2003 issue of the Journal ).

Have you ever heard the expression, "rules are made to be broken?" Some people think that—especially when they believe rules keep them from having a good time. But sometimes they don't like the rules because they don't understand them.

Today , the Middle East is thought of as a key source of petroleum, but in Bible times, most of the oil mentioned refers to olive oil. Other oils, such as castor oil and sesame oil, were used much more rarely.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to read the Bible straight through. I remember starting with the first chapter of Genesis, and loving the thought of God creating everything good.

The First International, Interdisciplinary Conference on The Science of Whole Person Healing was held in Bethesda, Maryland, at the end of March. Chemists, physicists, biologists, medical doctors, spiritual healers, and other healthcare professionals convened to discuss the science of alternative medicine and nonmedical healing.

People from all over the world attend conferences like the one in Bethesda, Maryland. In March 2002 Christina Sloan, Italian Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, attended the Harvard-sponsored Spirituality Healing in Medicine conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.