Articles

How we can pray to see the powerlessness of the “Herod-thought”—the mental resistance to God’s law of peace and harmony.

Home is a spiritual idea from God, so it is always part of our experience. Praying with this thought, the author was able to sell her home, which met the buyers’ needs, and move into a new home that met her needs.

What God reports is always accurate, and pure and true messages constantly flow to us, since we are His children. 

In the first Presidential Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, George Washington noted the request of Congress for “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God,” and assigned November 26, 1789, “to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. ”  Years later, Thanksgiving would become an annual tradition in the United States, with the first of these national celebrations taking place in the autumn of 1863, during the throes of the Civil War.

A grandmother helps care for her grandbaby, and puts the concepts she’s learning from a Christian Science nursing course into practice.

When I was a young boy and acting pouty, my mom would always remind me how much I had to be grateful for and ask me to list a few things. I’m not sure which I liked hearing less: “What are you grateful for?” or “Eat your vegetables!” I didn’t want to be grateful.

This article is part of a series appearing occasionally in the  Journal , the  Christian Science Sentinel , and  The Herald of Christian Science . Each article aims to correct some misconception about Christian Science that would keep us from having the results we so desire as spiritual healers.

Discovering and accepting who we really are as the child of God, Spirit, opens us up to the unlimited good God has for us and brings healing to ourselves and others.

 A woman’s hepatitis C symptoms vanish when she asks her husband to pray for her. And he discovers that we will ultimately understand ourselves to be where we have, in fact, always been—in heaven. 

Trials don’t have to overwhelm us. With prayer, they can be opportunities to learn and grow in the understanding of our God-bestowed strength and freedom.