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Some of the innate abilities that have come to light through my Christian Science practice are getting still to listen for God’s loving guidance and then being obedient to it. That’s when I do my best.

Looking to be a better healer? Then you’ll want to keep an eye out for articles like this one, appearing periodically in the Journal,  the Christian Science Sentinel,  and The Herald of Christian Science.  Their aim: to correct some of the misconceptions about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire.

In the Preface of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , which sets forth the divine Science of Mind-healing that Jesus practiced, Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Future ages must declare what the pioneer has accomplished” ( p. vii ).

In the movie Pure Country, two men reminisce about their boyhood visit to a fair, where one of the attractions was a dancing chicken. They knew the owner of the chicken had rigged a stove to heat underneath the stage.

Years before becoming a dedicated student of Christian Science, I attended a Christian Science Sunday School. My step-father introduced my mother to Christian Science, and I was a grateful beneficiary of that blessing.

Do you expect to experience healing at Christian Science church services? An early writer for the Christian Science Sentinel tells us, “Mrs. Eddy once said to a student that she longed for the day to come when no one could enter a Christian Science church, no matter how sick or how sorrowing that one might be, without being healed, and that this day can come only when every member of the church studies and demonstrates the truth contained in the Lesson-Sermon, and takes with him to the service the consciousness thus prepared” (Florence C.

There’s a saying that a lie repeated a thousand times becomes truth. And studies show that people do tend to accept opinions and pseudo-facts as reliable information if they hear them often enough.

An elastic state of thought —one in which fresh, spiritual insights are readily embraced—identifies a Christian. Also, a solid, steadfast state of consciousness is a very useful quality that identifies a Christian.

I must confess , I have a pile of instruction manuals I rarely read hidden away in a bottom drawer in my kitchen. There are manuals for appliances and even a fish tank filter.

I was reading in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 58 ).