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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.

In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy devotes an entire chapter — "Christian Science Practice" — primarily to explaining the correct approach to healing through this Science. How does she begin the chapter? Interestingly enough, not with a heavy dose of metaphysical reasoning.

During the thirty -ninth annual congress of Vision New England in Boston in February, there was much talk among the eleven thousand participants about "healthy churches" and "growing churches" and even "perfect churches. " But our News Editor, Kim Shippey, reports that one of the speakers focused instead on the responsibilities of church members.

DO you remember when you first learned to ride a bicycle by yourself? You'd been doing well on training wheels, but maybe you were a little scared at the thought of taking them off. When they were gone, maybe your dad or mom ran alongside while you tried to stay on, or maybe you stayed close to a railing so you could grab on if you started to teeter.

If you had told me as recently as five years ago that I would be a full-time Christian Science practitioner within a few short years, I would have told you, "No way. " I had plans for my life—big plans.