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As a Christian Science lecturer [a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship], I've been inviting the host churches of my lecture to ponder the spiritual message of an article from The Christian Science Journal as part of their work in preparation for a lecture. The article is "Divinity's embrace of humanity" by Carol Jo Krishnaswami, which appeared in the October 1995 issue.

In most religious services, singing is an element so common that we don't even stop to think about it. But what if we would like to understand its purpose better? In the Bible, God asks Job, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

When I first began attending Christian Science church services, I had been used to a minister delivering a sermon, the contents of which were previously unknown to me. It seemed peculiar to go to hear a Bible Lesson you had already read numerous times the week before.

Over the past year, meetings focusing on Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy have been held in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. They have explored ways in which people are reaching out for spiritual answers to the challenges of everyday life, and how students of Christian Science can respond by sha ring the healing message of the book.

Some time ago it became apparent that the yard of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ocala, Florida, needed extensive work. The grounds committee took steps to get a cost estimate for the improvements.

Assumptions . They can be so limiting, sometimes deceptive, and often totally false.

" Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. "  Ps.

One weekend when we were visiting our daughter and son-in-law, our small grandson awakened from his nap crying almost hysterically. He obviously had experienced a bad dream, and even though he was awake, the effect of the dream was still very real to him.

Our Master, Christ Jesus, has given us tender reassurance in the beatitude "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. "  Matt.

I recently visited an aquarium that showed me the many life forms that live at the ocean's bottom in a kelp forest. There is an amazing array of colors in this underwater rain forest, yet none of this is visible from the water's surface.