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How easy it is sometimes to fall into the trap of condemnation! It's true, as we look at the world about us, there seems much to condemn or to wring our hands over. Whether it's the attitudes and acts of foreign nations, of national and local figures, or of our neighbors and families, we all see things that miss the mark.

One Wednesday evening, while I was serving as First Reader in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, there was a severe thunderstorm. I had just finished the last sentence of the readings from Science and Health by Mrs.

Several of us used to come together each week to hold a Christian Science service in a mental institution. The first week I joined the group I wasn't sure what to expect.

So your church doesn't have a Christian Science practitioner? I don't believe it! Why, it has you, doesn't it? Ah, you say you're not a practitioner. I wouldn't be so quick to accept that and neither should you.

There is a marvelous book for children by Dr. Seuss called Horton Hears a Who! See Horton Hears a Who! (New York: Random House, 1954) In it, an elephant named Horton discovers an entire microscopic civilization of people called "Whos.

"I'm not just broadening my thought, I'm deepening my whole understanding of spirituality. That's something that may seem to be lost in the rush and pressure of academic studies.

Who of us, at one time or another, hasn't looked forward to the movies—the cartons of popcorn being passed, the first images dancing across the screen, and most of all the chance to leave behind the daily routine, if only for a couple of hours? Yet going to the movies, as we know, isn't always escape and entertainment. Sometimes it turns out to be more of an unexpected look in the mirror! At their best, movies provide us with a closer look at ourselves, individually and as a society.

Did you ever think how natural it feels to welcome friends into our homes? It isn't an effort. We're spontaneously kind, thoughtful, and attentive.

When Christ Jesus journeyed through Galilee, people were healed. As a ship leaves behind a shining white trail on the sea on a clear moonlit night, so the light of deep joy and awe must have remained in many of the villages and towns he visited.

From 1890 to 1910, with only occasional times away, Laura Ellen Sargent was Mrs. Eddy's faithful companion.