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Many people today see their difficulties as rising from a lack of opportunity Perhaps they feel they've missed that one big opportunity or that it hasn't yet come. And there's always the cliché "Opportunity knocks only once.

Most of us at some time have had thoughts such as, "I'll have difficulty making conversation with those people; they're so much more intelligent than I am. " Or, "I can't be expected to compete; I have nowhere near the same experience.

In Science and Health , Mary Baker Eddy asks, "What is God?" And she answers, "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love. " She goes on to say that these are synonymous terms, and adds: "They refer to one absolute God.

Christ Jesus' unadorned style of evangelical teaching and healing radically challenged the religious systems of his day. He instituted no elaborate rituals to honor his Father or himself.

The generation that came of age in the 1960s in some ways never seems to leave the decade. Or stop listening to its music.

A vintage Hollywood movie shows a conquering hero driving his chariot through the streets of ancient Rome, reveling in the deafening cheers of the populace. At his side is a servant, who holds a crown of laurel leaves above his head, repeatedly reminding him, "You are only mortal!" Like the servant in the chariot, many schools of human knowledge repeatedly proclaim that we are only struggling, suffering mortals—whose victories are short-lived.

When I first entered the public practice of Christian healing as a Christian Science practitioner, many people asked me what kind of training I had in order to enter this work. They wanted to know if I had a theological degree, an education in Biblical history, or if I had taken a sociological or even psychological course of study.

Toward the end of last year, the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Illinois participated in a three-day American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly at McCormick Place in Chicago. There was a record attendance of almost 20,000.

" In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. " See Acts 3:1-8 These words rang out as the people were gathering at the Temple in Jerusalem to pray.

Television meteorologists in our city were warning of an approaching hurricane. I prayed when I heard this forecast as I am sure many others did.