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In some respects, service as a Reader in a Church of Christ, Scientist, begins even before being elected by the congregation. Since it's not a permanent post, but one shared over the years by many members of the congregation, there must be many members whose hearts are being prepared for future service, regardless of whoever may be reading at any particular time.

Does the passage of time wear out life? Does the individual stand helpless before the so-called ravages of time? These are questions not avoided in the teachings of Christian Science, but dealt with emphatically through spiritual explanation and demonstration. In the Bible it was said of Moses that in his one hundred and twentieth year, "His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

A newspaper headline read, '"The Hardship of Sharing. " The discussion revolved around the economic reconstruction in eastern Germany.

Most people are familiar with the First Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " Ex.

The World Service of The Christian Science Monitor Responses to the broadcasts of religions programming Caldera, Chile I am writing from the Atacama Caldera Region in Chile, where I listen to your program El Heraldo de la Ciencia Cristiana in Spanish every Saturday and Sunday. I am sharing Christian Science with everyone who wants to listen.

Universities and colleges have a profound influence on world thought. As the president of a major university commented: "Universities shape citizens.

For many Christians, to be "born again" is one of the central demands of Christianity. Christ Jesus spoke of this as requisite for entering the kingdom of God.

It just keeps happening over and over: the Bible speaks directly to people, to their everyday lives. It keeps changing those who come to it with an open heart.

The inevitable conflict that comes when dictatorships attempt to restrict people's turning to God doesn't have to end in violence or resignation to conditions that seem beyond an individual's control. Contributing Editor Michael Seek recently sat down and talked with Kurt Franke, a Christian Scientist who lived for many years under a repressive regime before the dramatic changes that came to Eastern Germany.

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to have met Christ Jesus or to have been able to go to him for healing? How would we approach this holiest of all men, the Son of God? Tentatively perhaps, not knowing quite what to expect—unsure of what might be required of us by the gospel he was proclaiming. Or we might see ourselves as coming to the Master with a bright sense of hope that not only would our bodies be restored but our thinking and our lives would also be touched by his healing prayer.