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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

Beyond the cross

When I was young, Mrs. Eddy's words "I will follow and rejoice/All the rugged way" Poems, p.

"If there be first a willing mind..."

For many students of Christian Science, it may be a dramatic experience the first time they recognize their responsibility to be willing to practice Christian Science healing for others. Whether sparked by someone's request, or simply by our own widening apprehension, we see that, as Christ Jesus' followers, we are in a sense already in the healing practice, in accord with the Master's standard, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.

Report of the senses—superseded by Truth

A simple but mighty statement at the heart of Christian Science practice is Christ Jesus' teaching, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " John 8:32.

Teaching that lives and living that teaches

Teaching Sunday School is a sacred responsibility, and Sunday School superintendents and teachers in Churches of Christ, Scientist, do well to follow faithfully the system set down in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy.

The search for God

Question, search, discover. The words beckon to the heart that yearns for a deeper, more secure knowledge of life, of oneself, and most of all, of the very source of life—God.

"...study thoroughly the Scriptures..."

One day while studying, I read this statement by Mrs. Eddy, which startled me: "After class teaching, he does best in the investigation of Christian Science who is most reliant on himself and God.

Reading the Christian Science textbook radically

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy can be read so that it nourishes thought not only with the good residing in each sentence as we initially apprehend it, but also with the meanings that may lie at a deeper level. This kind of reading is radical in the sense that it searches out the root significance of the concepts the words express.

Christian Science on campus

From time to time individuals m the Field send useful experiences they have had in church work. The following is one example.

The structure of The Mother Church

The founding of The Mother Church and the development of its Manual are more than past history. They bring to light the spiritual design for the whole future development of the Christian Science movement.

Practicing the intelligence that removes limitation

Humans have a tendency to feel limited. Frequently there's not enough health, intelligence, supply, beauty, joy, peace, and fulfillment in our lives, so we think.