Articles

There were no training institutes for nursing in Jesus' time. He went up to the mountain and prayed, and I'm so grateful that each one of us has the opportunity to do that, without any barriers.

Is our concept of nursing based on popular imagery? We read books and watch television in which medical nurses dress in a particular way and have an accepted role in conventional medical care. But is Christian Science nursing based on a nonmedical version of medical nursing, or does it have a different basis? Christian Science nursing practice is based wholly on the teachings contained in the Bible and in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

How often in our daily lives do we find ourselves confronting the picture before our eyes that would try to convince us that the material world is the real and that God's creation is the unreal? This is a constant challenge. Yet if we're honestly seeking truth, we will willingly take the side of divine Truth against error, the side of good against evil, the side of Spirit against matter.

Jesus was once in the temple, watching while people put money into the treasury. Many were casting in large sums, but one widow put in only two mites (a fraction of one cent).

As practitioners of Christian Science, how can we heal ourselves, our family members, and our friends—including the general public who request our help—more effectively? The answers to this question are found in the textbooks of Christian Science: the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. These books show how God, Truth, heals through Christ.

Editor's note : We are pleased to share the following talk with readers of the Journal. It was delivered last fall by James Robert Corbett at a worldwide conference of Committees on Publication held in Berlin, Germany.

The following letter landed on the Editor's desk accompanied by a long manuscript: I am sending you the enclosed article at the urging of a professor I had last year. Demand might come closer to the truth.

It all started around 1515, according to tradition, at the White Horse Inn near Cambridge University, in England. A group of young college lecturers in theology and Bible studies met there regularly to talk about Luther's "heretical" ideas.

What could I do to help? A caller said my mother would not live another day. My mother and I always had a close, warm relationship.

Christ Jesus' experience points to a relationship between safety and the concept of resurrection. Trace the life of Jesus.