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I was beginning to feel a little guilty. Why couldn't I remember—or find it easier to testify to—the marvelous blessings God had given me that week? During the testimony period of the Wednesday church service, I often seemed to be depending on others to testify to God's tender, loving care—to the healing power of His law.

As I sat in church prior to a service, I was really grateful for each one who had contributed time and effort to make this meeting possible. Sometimes attending a church service each week might seem routine, mundane, even a habit or ritual.

When first told that Christian Science was the same method Christ Jesus used to heal the sick, an ailing mother with three small children shot back: "What did you say? Repeat that again. " Fifty years later Annie Macmillan Knott still recalled that memorable moment.

One afternoon one of my adult children telephoned. During our conversation she asked where Mrs.

At one time a friend of mine brought a new interpretation of the word man to my attention. We had been speaking about the concept of man as God's spiritual idea—in contrast to thinking of man as a material being, and so prone to limitation.

The First Commandment is so basic, so fundamental to Christ Jesus' teachings, that it would be hard to call ourselves Christians if we did not take this unchanging law of the Judeo-Christian tradition as the starting point for our prayers and for our daily lives. What does this commandment tell us? Setting the stage Let us first take a look at the Bible's short but significant introduction to the Ten Commandments.

Many years ago my mother was brought home from the hospital; the doctors advised my father that they could do no more for her. They had little hope she would live more than a few days.

Have you ever noticed the expression on a child's face when he learns to do something all by himself? It's absolutely radiant! It also illustrates an important lesson we sometimes forget in adulthood: doing things—instead of merely talking about them—unites the joy of discovery with the satisfaction of accomplishment. Talking about spiritual concepts is no substitute for living and demonstrating the practicality of spiritual truths that our words express.

Radical changes are taking place in society's thinking about how best to alleviate suffering and restore the sick and dying to health and usefulness. At issue is whether humanity will continue to approach healing and medicine from the premise that disease and health are essentially physiological phenomena, or whether serious attention will be given to the growing recognition among some physicians and lay people that disease and cure are far more mental and spiritual than previously thought.

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.