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It shall be the duty of the Committee on Publication to correct in a Christian manner impositions on the public in regard to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy or members of this Church by the daily press, by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort.

When a museum conservator is restoring a broken artifact—say, a marble statue that is missing a body part—he or she first has to consider what the entire artifact originally looked like. The wholeness of the original statue is the model, and before starting the restoration, the conservator must first perceive this form clearly in thought.

“Bless the past. ” That new idea, shared by a friend, was a powerful wake-up call to me.

Mary Baker Eddy’s poem “Satisfied” records the true nature of God’s idea, man, the spiritual identity of each one of us. Its last verse reads:   The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,      God’s glorified!  Who doth His will—His likeness still—Is satisfied.

Everywhere you look , all of creation is individual, distinct, with a specific identity and purpose. This alone gives one much food for thought and much to demonstrate in our own lives.

Sickness may seem real, but this author shared how her understanding of God helped her “wake up” to what was really real about God, and herself.

“So as we pray, we can gratefully acknowledge that the healing we’re seeking will surely come.”

For many years I struggled with suicidal depression, intense anxiety, and low self-esteem. I ached to understand who I was.

Easter, commemorating Jesus’ resurrection after his crucifixion, is central to Christianity. Before I became a student of Christian Science, I thought Easter was a sad occasion.

As a child attending the Christian Science Sunday School, it wasn’t hard for me to figure out that the real meaning of Easter had nothing to do with bunnies or chocolates. It also wasn’t just an event that many in the world commemorated once a year at a certain date.