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Father and daughter freed from HIV Before Being Acquainted with Christian Science, I was always annoyed with problems: financial problems, relationship problems. But the severest problem I had was HIV.

In the "Mind and Body" column in The Boston Globe of August 4, 1996, Madeline Drexler wrote: "Diseases aren't always universal events—we often get sick in the way society tells us to get sick. And just as clothes and cuisines go in and out of style, medical diagnoses and the way we interpret illnesses are fashioned by culture.

It was with a feeling of exhilaration that many of us watched the telecasts of worldwide celebrations last New Year's Eve. The sheer joy and unity of spirit with which people of various cultures welcomed the year 2000 were unforgettable.

Entering spirituality as a subject on an Internet searcher or browsing in the spirituality section of a bookstore reveals a multitude of views of what spirituality is. Gabriel Fackre, of the Andover Newton Theological School in Massachusetts, has said, "The word spirituality is in such wide use today that it has lost its focus.

Years ago in graduate school, we were required to teach a full semester in partnership with a fellow student, each one taking the same class, but in alternate semesters. My partner opted for the first semester.

The ideas in Science and Health have a proven history of healing. In 1888, Mary Hinds Philbrick, a Christian Science practitioner, wrote to Mrs.

The Bible records humanity's search for its divine source, the creator of the universe. All people are affected by the Bible's message, whether or not they are actively seeking God.

Having Just dropped my children off at school, I was on my way to an appointment. The idea came, as I drove past our subdivision, to go back home and change my shoes! "How odd," I thought, looking down at my shoes and wondering what was wrong with the ones on my feet.

" Manger moments " I call them—times of turning to God with humility to receive more of His Christ. In these quiet moments, I've glimpsed the magnitude of Jesus' mission, the purity of his life-purpose.

What's the use? I almost said. I had been praying for myself for several days, but I wasn't healed of an ugly skin eruption.