Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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Millions Of People have lost faith in what they used to believe in. This has brought a great moral crisis in our society.
When I was ten years old my Sunday School teacher taught our class how we could pray if we hurt ourselves—if we scraped our knees roller-skating, for instance. She taught us to immediately deny that accidents can occur in God's kingdom; next, to replace the claim of accident with the truth that only harmony is real; and, finally, to rely wholeheartedly on God's power to enforce that truth.
I've been asked many times why I use prayer to gain relief from physical ailments or to overcome stress or some other challenge in my life. Sometimes when this question comes up, I find that people want to know about the "what ifs" as well.
Recently when I was rereading the story of Joseph in the Bible, one sentence stopped me short: "Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. " Ex.
On a shelf in an attic, a leather-bound book had been collecting dust for over a decade. A young man found it at a time he desperately needed it.
What does it take to heal? Questions like this, coming from a public faced with diverse views on spiritual healing, promoted in founding of this magazine over a century ago. In an editorial in the first issue, its founder emphasizes that Christly qualities heal: "Great charity and humility is necessary in this work of healing.
The Statement of Mission and Purpose of The Mother Church includes this objective: Expanded availability and accessibility of Science and Health with key to the Scriptures. The reports from the Field at this year's Annual Meeting show the wide-ranging impact of that effort.
Recently, I was reading a magazine article about the restoration of the frescoes of Biblical scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Twenty years ago, while visiting Rome, I saw Michelangelo's masterprice, and it was obvious even to my untrained eye that artist's original work had become obscured.
Jesus' parable of the prodigal son is my favorite parable. See Luke 15:11-32.