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When I was a little girl, my mom and dad taught me a much-loved bedtime prayer, and we recited it together every night throughout my childhood. It goes like this: Father-Mother God,       Loving me,—  Guard me when I sleep;  Guide my little feet       Up to Thee.

A friend once asked me what my favorite thing is that Christian Science teaches. I have many favorites, but one of the things I am most inspired by and grateful for is the idea that “God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

I recently felt inspired to examine my thinking regarding humility. A couple of Merriam-Webster’s definitions of humble are “not proud or haughty: not arrogant or assertive” and “reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission.

In a popular online game, players are characters in a space station, and one or two are randomly chosen by the game as “impostors. ” The rest of the players have to race to complete tasks while determining who the impostors are, so that they can eject them before the impostors, who go about sabotaging their efforts, can eliminate them all one by one.

Does “Birthright” sound like an antiquated concept no longer relevant to our lives? It may, yet an understanding of it can be something of a game changer. In the Bible, a birthright was a very important privilege that would lead to a position of power.

The Bible declares , “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all” (I Chronicles 29:11, New International Version).

“The need for food on the Cape Flats is dire,” stated the news broadcaster. It was the first month of South Africa’s vigorously enforced stay-at-home lockdown in response to the pandemic.

When asked what is most important for gaining eternal life, Christ Jesus asked his questioner what he found in the law. The man replied, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself” ( Luke 10:27 ).

When our life doesn’t go according to our plan, it can feel frustrating. This author shares an experience that proves God’s plan is always infinitely good.

There’s a well-known saying: “It’s too good to be true!” We’ve probably all found ourselves coming out with this phrase at times when something wonderful or amazing happens.   Recently, our family needed a new car.