Articles

" Do We Think, or Just Think We Think?" was the engaging title of a Christian Science lecture given a number of years ago. Copyright © 1968, John H.

This series of articles focuses on the healings brought about by Mary Baker Eddy. These healings began in her childhood and continued throughout her life.

Concern for individual safety and security is mounting in our society today. We constantly hear reports in the media of adults and children who are innocent victims of either intentional or random acts of violence.

Several years ago I had two experiences that gave me a new appreciation of discipline. I was assigned to teach a Sunday School class of preschoolers.

Have you ever felt that something in your past is affecting what's happening to you today? Perhaps you have had difficulty making friends, or getting good grades in school, so it seems impossible to think that something good can happen to you in a certain area; there seems to be no precedent for it. Or even if you have overcome a difficulty, maybe the memory of it is still negatively affecting your outlook on things.

Last month we told of individuals who are being encouraged, inspired, and healed through their first reading of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Accounts of lives touched by Science and Health continue to flow into the Clerk's and Publisher's offices.

Last October, members of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Dallas, Texas, met in support of local efforts to make Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy better known to the public. They realized that what they were about was something much larger than a one-time campaign to make a book better known in their community.

I had never been much of a newspaper reader. I would watch some news on television and hear bits and pieces on the radio, and that was about it.

When things go wrong and cares are pressing us down, we sometimes feel overshadowed by fear, and it looks as if we are helpless. Often our self-based thinking makes us inert and apparently unreceptive to God's love.

A number of years ago I read an article in The Christian Science Monitor about famous artists' paintings of twins. Each painting illustrating the article showed each twin's distinctness—in expression, attire, and demeanor.