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I was posted to an American embassy overseas, and my fiancé was working in the United States. As we made wedding preparations, we were very concerned that he might not find employment in the country where I was located and we would have to work in separate countries, possibly for several years.

Much inspiration has come to me over the years from reading various biographies of Mary Baker Eddy. Each biography brings a different glimpse into how Mrs.

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.

I was sitting in a pew listening to a Christian Science church service. The benches were hard and there was a draft, but I didn’t care.

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

Jesus’ victory over the grave is, of course, the central event of the Easter story. But there are many other inspiring aspects of this narrative as well.

In the early dawn one Easter Sunday, my husband and I went quietly to a hill in our town to watch the sunrise. I was thinking about Jesus’ disciples.

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.

We all have experienced times of poor health, financial worries, or disruptions in our ability to think and act normally, at one time or another. Responding to these challenges with prayer as practiced in Christian Science begins with identifying what is really going on.

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.