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It would seem presumptuous for one who has never experienced dire hunger or deprivation to claim to understand first-hand the suffering of the multitudes who are living on sidewalks and in desert wastelands—destitute, often starving, and forlorn. When you think about it, however, many of us (including the writer) have experienced something of this misery of homelessness—when our homes have broken up, or when our jobs have been phased out and it seems that no affordable housing can be found, or when we've arrived at a point of simply feeling rejected, unwanted, lonely, without roots.

Up to now I have assimilated much information about the truth, thanks to my study of Science and Health . My life has been improved and transformed.

Any trouble that we face, physical or otherwise, is a wake-up call to action. Christian Science presents a response that is immediately available and effective.

My husband and I were staying in a condominium while on vacation. One evening we returned from dinner to find a firetruck parked at the side of our unit.

Mary Baker Eddy: a lifetime of healing Mary Baker Eddy began 1896 by delivering a communion address in her own Church in Boston, Massachusetts—The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. In her talk she turned thought away from the persecution of Jesus of Nazareth to his demonstration of divine, infinite Love, forgiving his enemies, which enabled him to overcome the cross and the grave.

It is natural to expect healing in Christian Science to come quickly. There may be times, though, when it isn't immediate, and we need to be firm in keeping out harmful thoughts that would impose themselves on us.

Everyone longs for enduring good, for well-being and sufficiency that are incapable of reversal. And actually, everyone can have such good—forever! But in order to realize this eternally harmonious state in present experience, we must gain something—not something outside ourselves, but a perception, within consciousness, of the truth of being.

Those who set out to live a Christian life soon learn that this is not accomplished without effort. The materialistic assumptions that constitute what the Bible calls "the carnal mind" Rom.

One of the best ways to improve your life is to make a commitment to knowing yourself as God knows you. This starts most naturally with becoming more familiar with God.

One longtime reader recently sent us this letter she wanted to share with young people, telling of her own experience as a youth, including a special meeting with Calvin C. Hill, an early worker in the Christian Science movement.