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A Christian Science nurse was preparing a room at a sanatorium for the arrival of an emergency case. She asked herself, What is most needed at this moment? The answer came: To hold firmly to the fact of man's innate perfection.

What is God to you? Words in response to this question can be concise or voluminous, calculated or emotional, precise or vague. But it is not so much the words we say or think that actually tell of our concept of God.

If you ever did, you already know. If not, you can (1) observe, (2) take an old flyer's word for it, or (3) even as Benjamin Franklin did, go fly one and find out for yourself that kites take off against the wind, not with it! Of course, the aerodynamics of kite flying are of no significance if you're mentally content to just breeze along with the breeze of material, mortal thinking; with the general belief that substance, intelligence, even life itself, are in matter.

Jonah was the prophet who ran away from God. Told to preach against Nineveh, he promptly took ship in another direction.

A friend once asked me whether I would still want children if I had it to do over again. For me, the joys certainly outweigh the problems.

There is a sure way out of limitation and discord. We need not be resigned to sickness, sinful tendencies, or discordant relationships.

The loveliness of the universe stirs many a heart to meditate on what lies behind it all. The Bible tells us of God, the creator, and from the first chapter of Genesis we learn that His creation is wholly spiritual and is perfect in its completeness.

Are you tempted to answer, "It all depends" or "In certain cases .

Physical healing in Christian Science results from a powerful rebellion against sickness and suffering. It demonstrates that good, not evil, governs man.

When Christ Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was, I am," John 8:58; he underlined one of the most important themes of his ministry. Jesus knew more about the meaning, purpose, and origin of true existence than anyone else.