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Prophets for today

A CLASSIC SONG by American blues artist Muddy Waters poses the question, "Why don't you live so God can use you?"  Muddy Waters, "Why don't you live so God can use you?". July 20-24, 1942, First Recording Sessions, 1941-1946, complied by Johnny Parth, Documents Records, © 1992.

Cassandra and the myth of helplessness

THE STORY OF CASSANDRA, the ill-fated Trojan princess whom the Greek leader Agamemnon took captive after the conquest of Troy, is told several times in classic literature, including in Homer's two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. In her book Mythology, Edith Hamilton says of her: "Cassandra, one of Priam's daughters, was a prophetess.

Special African Herald

Dear Readers and Friends, Many of you may know an old French song that says, "Si tous les gens du monde voulaient se donner la main .

THE PIONEER SPIRIT is alive and well, and one of its spiritual frontiers is Madagascar, Africa. A Malagasy man from the area learned about Christian Science in May of 1979, while on an internship in Seattle, Washington.

'The power that filled his garment's hem'

In a poem about Jesus' healing ministry, New England poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote, "The power that filled his garment's hem / Is evermore the same. "  Quoted in Mary Baker Eddy, Pulpit and Press, p.

In God's name

In bible times , the names of individuals were more an identification—names indicated character and nature. Sometimes an individual's name was changed when he went through a transforming experience.

Linda Mayer challenges herself with questions like these: "Is what I'm doing at this moment spiritually motivated, regardless of whether it's family or work? Am I being led by spiritual priorities rather than by a formula that dictates that I should devote so many hours a day to work, and so many hours a day to the family?" Not long ago, she says, she was feeling so overwhelmed at work that she was suffering a kind of dizziness that frightened her. She asked a Christian Science practitioner to pray with her, and their conversation drifted quite naturally toward balance.

News editor Kim Shippey recently talked with two people whose careers have followed untraditional lines. Wes Bockley of Newton, Massachusetts, stayed at home with his two sons while they were growing up.

The second servant

To me , one of the most inspiring ideas expressed in different ways in the Bible is that of God's infinite, impartial love for everyone. A psalm says, "The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Prayer in the workplace

During my career in business, prayer was essential to every facet of my work. Early challenges as a young manager of manufacturing plant included confrontations between management and a large, well-respected union.