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When Jesus turned the water into wine at a wedding, John 2:1-11. surely he did more than just help out the hospitable host whose supply had run out on this festive occasion.

And why is it a family affair? Because whether writing articles or reading them, revising articles or editing them, Christian Scientists are engaged together in pursuits related to their own salvation and to the salvation of the world. Like family members whose varied interests are joined by common goals, Christian Scientists everywhere share a common goal in each day's activities, however diverse these activities may be—the goal of salvation from the entire lie of life, substance, and intelligence in matter.

Quiz: Who's the author of "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"—(a) Thomas Edison, (b) Alexander Graham Bell, (c) Orville or Wilbur Wright? Answer: Miguel de Cervantes in his romance Don Quixote. But it might have been (a), (b), or (c).

"Spiritual discernment," a frequently used term in Christian Science, has to do with perceiving what we know to be true in our experience, as opposed to believing only what we see or hear. It has to do with the nature of Life as God, Soul or Spirit, and understanding its full representation—the real man and the real universe.

Healing in Christian Science is a matter of knowing who you are. It comes through the practice of scientific metaphysics.

When the curtain is opened, light instantly pours into a darkened room. Similarly, when the curtain of a false sense of substance and identity is removed through the study and living of Christian Science, the truth floods thought.

How many times must one resist the temptation to act with less than his highest sense of right? How many times must one reject evil's claims to reality, influence, or attractiveness? How many times must one say no to the devil? As many times as it takes to stand with God. This is the answer I came to after mentally reviewing an unpleasant circumstance for the fiftieth or sixtieth time.

In Science, we have no reason to fear animal magnetism. Never for a moment, anywhere, has it ever been real, powerful, or substantial.

Christian Science elucidates Christ Jesus' victory over the entrenched belief in matter and material law. He proved that spiritual substance is the preeminent, total reality.

It's a common instinct to shrink from the unpleasant, just hoping it will go away. Like sea anemones retreating into themselves when they detect a threat, human beings sometimes simply withdraw from things that are not nice and that threaten their comfort and security.