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

A hundred years of gratitude

In 1902, when churches held the first Thanksgiving service established by Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, gratitude was already well established in the hearts of those who attended. Many had been saved from life-threatening diseases and severe suffering through Mrs.

They study the Scriptures in Hindi

About five years ago, I taught Sunday School in Hindi—my country's national language. Some of the domestic workers who are employed in many households in my country and who did not know English used to come to the Sunday School regularly.

The Septuagint Bible's influence on today's Scriptures

Most of us take the content of the Bible for granted. But there was a time when there wasn't a Bible as we know it.

Sacred texts—Mary Baker Eddy's and mine

Recently I was visiting some Web sites where Mary Baker Eddy's book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, is considered one of today's sacred texts. Mrs.

A book that brightens Scripture

In 1990, when I started to read Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, I was quite skeptical and more than a little cynical about the book and its impact on people's lives. A Jewish woman from New York had given me a copy of the book and told me that it had changed her life.

Reflections on healing

I live close to the river Thames near London, and I love to take walks along the tow-path. It's always quiet and peaceful there, and I find it a good place to be tranquil and to think.

'The hour is come'

I felt beaten. Two years of preparing to make Christian Science healing my full-time profession, and it looked as though everything was falling apart.

From the depths of despair to the Christian Science practice Patricia Tupper Hyatt First off, let me say that the thought of practicing Christian Science for the public was the very last thing I would have imagined myself doing. I would have said "Never in a million years!" Not only was it not in line with how I saw myself, it didn't fit my capabilities.

Prayer—something I can do

I didn't have a job lined up when I moved to Chicago, but I'd just graduated from college and was ready to get started. I had some debt piled up through student loans and was eager to begin knocking that down.

Kids pray

How do children pray? What are their prayers like? In an effort to answer these questions, the Journal's Jenny Sawyer talked with four elementary school children. The results, in pictures and words, convey the kids' individual responses to the word "prayer.