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In his book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, John Gray indicates that men and women have such diverse backgrounds—being from different planets and all—that a conversation between a man and a woman can be a "cross-cultural" event. Is Anything More Baffling than we try to say something nice to another—only to have that one take our comment as an insult? It not only hurts us both, but we also have no idea how to prevent it from happening again.

The Gospel of Mark in the Bible tells of a father whose son was tormented with an illness that was apparently incurable.  See Mark 9:14-29.

I Do Not Claim to be unprejudiced about Mary Baker Eddy, or to view her with cool objectivity. From the moment I began to read about her she fascinated me, and although she and I appeared to have little or nothing in common, she came to command my respect, my admiration, and even my affection.

In Mary Baker Eddy, Gillian Gill offers a powerful portrait of what she calls "Mrs. Eddy's astonishing life.

I once had a wonderful friend whose first name was Lemuel, but he never wanted to be called by that name. Yet, had he known its true Hebrew derivation, my friend might have changed his mind.

The bumper sticker on the car ahead said, "Thou shalt have no other gods before Her. " With a touch of humor it reminded me of the great strides we've made toward recognizing the motherhood as well as the fatherhood of God.

Everyone following Christian Science as a way of life is in the publishing business—publishing salvation in deed and in word. Being a Reading Room librarian is an extension of this publishing work in our community and the world.

Do you love the Christ enough to put in words the inspiration that has come to you through the Christ-power, to share that inspiration by writing for the Christian Science periodicals?" That has always been an easy question for me to answer—an unqualified "Yes!" "But do you love the Christ enough to keep writing even when your manuscripts have been turned down?" For many years that was a much harder question to answer, because pride of authorship and hurt feelings kept getting in the way. However, I kept submitting articles on a regular basis for thirty years.

Mary Baker Eddy's discovery that 'the healing power is Truth and Love, and these do not fail in the greatest emergencies'   Miscellaneous Writings, p. 5.

When I was in my early teens, a dentist expressed concern over the overcrowding of my teeth. The right eyetooth had failed to appear, and X-rays showed that it was lying diagonally above my other teeth.