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When was the last time someone asked you about Christian Science and you felt uneasy with the question? Or perhaps you welcomed the opportunity to talk, but the right words could not be found. You thought long after the opportune moment had gone, I wish I had thought of that point earlier.

Probably all of us will admit that something can only be true if it can be proved to correspond with the facts. But determining the truth of a situation is not always easy.

In my early years of the study of Christian Science, I had many fine healings. But there was one major problem that had not been healed.

As we grow in our understanding of Christian Science, we increasingly learn how to discern between the God-bestowed, permanent qualities of Spirit and the transient claims of matter. This discernment separates the real from the unreal, the spiritual from the material, and proves the spiritual to be eternal.

Do you know anyone who makes lots of promises but isn't very good at keeping them? To place unquestioned faith in such an individual is an open door to disappointment. There is one, however, whose word we can always trust, whose promises are always kept without favor and without whim—our heavenly Parent, God.

Throughout time men and women have felt limited in their health, ability, and activity. Behind this habitual limiting of good there has always lurked the basic concept of lack.

MEMBERS OUTLOOK PURPOSE ACTIVITIES What governs this Church and its members? The Manual of The Mother Church is a brief work by Mary Baker Eddy, the Church's Founder, and it serves as the foundation for the government of The Mother Church and its branches. Its Rules and By-Laws provide a broad yet specific direction for the Church and its members Mrs.

Whether at a shopping mall, on a college campus, or in the foyer of a church, a bulletin board is a great place for people to share information. You can learn a lot about an active community from reading local bulletin boards.

One of the greatest gifts Mary Baker Eddy has given to humanity is a better understanding of the nature of Church. Throughout her writings it's clear that she understood the distinction between the spiritual ideal of Church and the human efforts to put this ideal into practice in daily life and ministry.

Extracts from letters of listeners to shortwave broadcasts Response to the broadcasts of religious programming I am a doctor (general practitioner) and my wife is a pharmaceutical chemist.