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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

The writer of the following letter lives in Texas but travels extensively. Recently, he visited a church service conducted by the Christian Science group in St.

Our individual significance to Church

At a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in our local church I heard a woman express gratitude for her spiritual growth in Christian Science. She said she had previously felt that she was not really getting anywhere because she'd never had any important work to do at or for The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.

The messages to the seven churches—their ageless relevance

Not long ago I walked the ruins of some of the seven cities mentioned in the first chapter of Revelation in the Bible. Here was a civilization with many gods—gods of the people's own making—and I thought of the challenge Paul, John, and other followers of Christ Jesus faced in enlightening the people about the one God.

Praying for yourself

When the cornerstone of the Extension of The Mother Church was laid on July 16, 1904, there was a ceremony in which the First Reader read to a small group from the Bible and from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. The readings were followed by silent prayer and the repetition of the Lord's Prayer, with its spiritual interpretation from Science and Health.

Pastor (1879-1881)

On April 12, 1879, at Mary Baker Eddy's home in Lynn, Massachusetts, the Christian Scientist Association of her students met: On motion of Mrs. M.

We live in a timeless universe

People are interested in saving time, and few question that most time-saving technology is helpful. But with it all, many are often finding that they have even more to do.

Overcoming resistance to spiritual progress

Just out of college with nothing to do for the whole summer but to pursue his two dearest goals: to gain experience as a recording engineer and to study Christian Science. This was the situation a friend found himself in.

At the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, one reader, Walter "Bud" Rockwell of Hartford, Connecticut, shared some of what he calls "my blessings and holy experiences while serving in the United States Infantry in Europe, during 1944 and 1945. " I left the Port of New York on my nineteenth birthday in May 1944.

Christian Science and a changing world

The world is changing. Universal Truth, God, is stirring thought, lifting it up, and redirecting it.

No small church

I once commented to a fellow church worker about how small our local Christian Science branch church was—we had five members. Before I finished speaking, she retorted, "We don't have a small church!" And that was the end of the conversation.