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

Healing young children through the parent's prayer

A young friend said that she wasn't sure she fully understood the statement by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health "If the case is that of a young child or an infant, it needs to be met mainly through the parent's thought, silently or audibly on the aforesaid basis of Christian Science.

On Christian armor and facing the foe

Years ago a friend and I were having a dialogue in which I was the student and she was very much the instructor. She was drilling me on the battle gear of a Christian, on the basic armor spoken of in the Bible.

The snake on the garden wall

As I looked out the window, I could see a small snake hanging, motionless, across the top rail of the garden wall. That evening two young relatives and I looked out through the same window.

"None of the above"

" I have an extremely painful back," the patient told the Christian Science practitioner. "The cause of it may be strain from too much gardening or a sense of burden from preparing for my daughter's wedding, which will be quite a large affair.

The quest of mankind

Stephen W. Hawking, the celebrated professor at Cambridge, stated, "If we find the answer to [why we and the universe exist], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.

The commitment worth making

There is a marvelous book for children by Dr. Seuss called Horton Hears a Who!  See Horton Hears a Who! (New York: Random House, Inc.

Use your talent to help humanity

Evidently my community has no shortage of people needing help. I assume that's the case because in the telephone book that serves our community and its neighbors, there are more than twenty-five pages of listings for physicians.

One smooth stone

The lessening of tensions between the superpowers and the emergence of democracy in Eastern Europe give us cause for great hope. Yet enormous challenges remain that loom like ominous giants threatening our lives and our futures, individually and collectively.

Church Bulletin Board

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.

CHURCH GROWTH

Getting on a train that's going somewhere Is there a church anywhere that has too many members—that has grown so much that its members would like to say, "Stop now, we've grown enough"? There probably aren't many that have that challenge! But "How can we grow?" is a fairly common question. The responses are as many and as varied as the churches themselves.