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Senior Manager's progress report on the mission, purpose, focus, and priority objectives of the Church of Christ, Scientist Over the past year , The Christian Science Journal has been reporting on the healing mission, purpose, focus, and current priorities of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Senior managers at The Mother Church have been invited to write brief accounts of how workers in their areas of activity are approaching these goals.

Did it ever occur to you that an act of yours could change a person's life for the better and bring him infinite blessings? I didn't even imagine some years ago that my love for my neighbor could bring such blessings by sharing a book. I'm talking about Science and Health.

Writing to heal Getting out the message of Christianity challenges each new generation of the followers of Christ Jesus. Our works— the living of the message—reach out to those looking for answers.

Faced with a demanding problem, have you ever compared your life with the apparently charmed lives of others? More than once I've heard someone ask, "Why is everyone else happier (or healthier or wealthier) than I am?" I've said it myself. Upon reflection, I wondered if such a lament might be less innocuous than it seems.

I know someone with a license plate that reads AWSWEL (All's Well). He said it is a constant reminder to him and maybe to others who decipher it, that right then and there, all really is well.

Man is not made up . Man is made! This is what stood out to me recently as I read the following words of Mary Baker Eddy in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health : "Man is not matter; he is not made up of brain, blood, bones, and other material elements.

While enrolled in a Greek mythology course, I learned an interesting fact: ancient civilizations often created myths in an attempt to explain scientific phenomena. For example, to answer the question "Why do we have four seasons?" a myth was created in which imagined deities on Mount Olympus mingled with their mortal subjects below.

How are we seeing ourselves and others from day to day? Are we seeing something of the spiritual reality of man as the expression of God, or are we constantly being taken in by the physical senses' estimate of man as a fleshly, sinful mortal? Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy says, "Let the perfect model be present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized opposite. " Science and Health , p.

At the back of this magazine there is a directory of individuals engaged in the public healing ministry of Christian Science. While any sincere student of this Science may practice spiritual healing, individuals advertising in The Christian Science Journal are those who are employed in no other vocation, have an established record of healing, and have met the standards required for advertising.

There's a tendency to want to plan for the future. We want to maximize our achievements and our joy by avoiding mistakes and wasted time.