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Treatment in Christian Science , or healing through prayer, is definitely not staid or formulaic—a materially structured way of addressing a materially structured abnormality. It's just the opposite.

The Minister of a Methodist church in downtown Cleveland has seen the congregation grow from almost nothing when he arrived to a healthy size. And the new congregation is full of diversity—racially, ethnically, and economically—which, he says, is "tremendously energizing.

The Journal  asked contributing editor Geoffrey Barratt to comment on the role of the natural sciences in the pursuit of truth. Also in this issue is a discussion of the natural sciences and spirituality.

A sign of the times As Science and Health is becoming better known to the public, requests for information about the author, Mary Baker Eddy, have dramatically increased. At the same time, the academic community is taking a renewed interest in Mrs.

When I was given a copy of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, along with an issue of the Christian Science Quarterly , I was delighted to have some tools that would help me to study the Bible on a consistent, in-depth basis and that would elucidate its spiritual meaning. When I found that this study was improving my health and my relationships, and was benefiting my family, my joy knew no bounds.

What shows your worthiness in life? Is it the job you have, or how much money you make, or what car you drive, or what house you live in, or what clothes you wear? A friend of mine thought it was such things. As hard as she had tried, she hadn't achieved what she believed were the things that make a person successful, and she often wondered why others were apparently worthy of these things and she was not.

In one office where I worked, I found people saying, "I will not get a promotion, because I do not get along with the head of the organization. I do not know what on earth would make my boss happy.

According to an ancient Egyptian myth, the phoenix was a beautiful, eagle-like bird with gold and red plumage, which lived in the Arabian Desert. Its life span was 500 years or more, at the end of which it consumed itself in fire, rising renewed from its ashes young and beautiful, to start another long life cycle.

On several occasions , when loved ones have passed on, I have been comforted by these words from Mary Baker Eddy's "Communion Hymn": Mourner, it calls you,—"Come to my bosom, Love wipes your tears all away, And will lift the shade of gloom, And for you make radiant room Midst the glories of one endless day. " Christian Science Hymnal , No.

We often hear it said when someone passes on that now this individual is at peace; that he is with God and his misery is over. The belief that death can be a friend that ends suffering is used as an argument to justify euthanasia and assisted suicide.