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When Christ Jesus spoke, something happened. The sick were healed, sinners were reformed, the dead were raised.

Too often we believe all would be well, we would be truly happy, if something outside us would change. If a physical healing were evident or a relationship problem were resolved or our life style or financial condition could be changed—then we would be happy and grateful.

Many today recognize the subjectivity of human life—that our thinking largely determines our experience. Such a perspective may indicate, far more than we realize, that our fears are self-generated, our ills are self-constituted, our limitations are self-enforced.

It is encouraging to see the power of prayer working in our lives. On Wednesday evenings in Churches of Christ, Scientist, throughout the world, students of Christian Science have the opportunity to bear witness to the power of prayer through giving testimonies of healing.

One day while shopping in a store, I was impressed by a large photograph album I saw there. I mean, it was really large! Four or five inches thick! I couldn't help thinking of the number of pictures it could hold, and the joy and pleasure someone could have with its treasured photos of family, friends, a vacation trip.

Have you ever gone to a grocery store because you had run out of milk? And then when you got to the checkout counter, you noticed that your shopping basket contained breakfast rolls that were on sale, strawberries that looked particularly fresh, pork chops that would go in the freezer.

What opens the way for the "mustard seeds" of lasting communication? Many Sunday School teachers will tell you they feel rewarded when one idea during the teaching hour really sinks in—when a single spiritual concept comes into focus for a child or a class. Such moments can be like the grain of mustard seed in our Master's parable (Matt.

Many Journal readers in the United States may by now be quite familiar with a half-hour nightly television news program launched last fall by The Christian Science Publishing Society. World Monitor: A Television Presentation of The Christian Science Monitor has attracted broad appreciation for its quality and substance.

A new member of The Mother Church who is also an active member of a Christian Science Society wrote the following article. The freshness and enthusiasm convey an important message, one that we think our longtime readers will enjoy and find helpful in their continuing branch church work.

" I'll go to church with you this one time," said the husband to his wife. It was a Wednesday afternoon, and this newly married couple had just had their first big disagreement.