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One wonders how the Christians at Damascus prayed as the persecutor Saul approached. The Bible, of course, doesn't say, but we have evidence that their prayers were effective.

Have you ever been willing to fill an office in your branch church, such as an executive board member or Reader, but felt you couldn't because you lacked experience or a certain level of education? I have! However, if I'd continued to accept that limitation, I could not have served God and the Cause of Christian Science as fully as I have over the years. In practicing Christian Science we turn to divine Mind, God, for guidance and intelligence in knowing what steps to take.

Have you ever felt your heart sink when you received a rejection letter for an article you had submitted? Some of us have. If we want to write for the Christian Science periodicals and yet have struggled with revisions or rejections, perhaps it would be good to consider some spiritual helps for writing.

Not long ago I gave a current copy of The Christian Science Monitor to a friend who has a keen interest in his family, his business, and world events. He recalled that he'd seen copies of the Monitor during his college days and thanked me for bringing it to his attention.

Report from East Germany In November 1989, Christian Science church services were held in Leipzig, Erfurt, and Karl Marx Stadt in the German Democratic Republic. This simple statement might not appear remarkable, were it not for the fact that Christian Science services had been banned in East Germany for nearly four decades.

The Psalmist exclaimed, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" ps. 133:1.

The joy of being a Christian Scientist rests on the joy that is born through the worship of God. The Christian works of victory over sin, disease, and death are surely great cause for rejoicing.

A cause is that which produces an effect. The Cause of Christian Science certainly produces lasting and profound effects on its adherents— the effects of regeneration, spiritualization of thought, healing.

The Cross and Crown seal on Mary Baker Eddy's writings and the Christian Science periodicals reminds Christian Scientists the cross is necessary on their way to attaining the crown of salvation. Before heaven can be realized, that harmonious state of being which Christ Jesus said is not a place "here" or "there" but "within" man ( Luke 17:20, 21 ), mortal mind's resistance to spirituality must—and can—be overcome.

When our children were very young, they used to tease each other unmercifully—much to my dismay. Often, one would try to get the other to accept some incredibly tall tale.