Articles

We read in the Bible about a man—apparently a good man—who came to inquire of Christ Jesus how to obtain eternal life. He had done the right things, kept the Commandments, from the time he was young.

Whether at a shopping mall, on a college campus, or in the foyer of a church, a bulletin board is a great place for people to share information. You can learn a lot about an active community from reading local bulletin boards.

How often we use symbols and similes, metaphors and analogies, in our effort to communicate specific meanings! All language is symbolic, employing sounds and markings as words, which are themselves symbols of meanings or ideas. Meaning, from the most straightforward to the most delicate nuance, is constantly being revised and extended as words are used in new associations or as fresh words are coined to name or describe new things or actions.

For many of us it is pretty easy to see and accept that God is perfect. We may have more trouble, however, with the concept of man's being perfect right now.

" Whoever is incompetent to explain Soul would be wise not to undertake the explanation of body. " Science and Health, p.

There was no way to have anticipated the effect this session in the Christian Science Sunday School was to have on my life, even though I could sense something unusually meaningful in the students as they waited eagerly for the opening exercises. When class began, they told me there had been a tragic automobile accident in their area the night before, and they wanted to know how to pray about such things.

To conquer worry it is essential to reject wrong thoughts, to keep our consciousness aligned with the absolute goodness and dominion of God. Any thought that is dark, mortal, ominous, is wrong and will lead to worry if we do not refuse to accept it.

You've just come back from a church election meeting; and yes, you're the new First Reader! Maybe it was the farthest thing from your thought. Maybe you're apprehensive about it—or even a bit scared.

SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES ".

Recently I heard a journalist comment that because so much had been said and written in the last several years about the women's movement and womanhood, it was an especially difficult subject to write about and avoid cliché and repetition. A lot has been said, but an understanding of Christian Science brings an important dimension to the discussion.