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Editor’s note: The following is an example of how study and prayer with the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly blessed a family, and those they were in contact with, during the Thomas fire in California in 2017 and 2018. The authors share, week by week, what inspired them and brought healing progress.

My family shares parts of a farm in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Some of the land is meadow, and there are several flower gardens and a vegetable garden.

These words, spoken by Jesus, were startling to the people of his time. “Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ( Luke 5:21 ) they murmured amongst themselves.

Asleep early one morning, I suddenly found myself in the middle of a very bad dream. Since this was not a place I wanted to be, I decided, in my dream, that I would shout some statements of truth as loudly as I could.

Last year my husband purchased us a second car that uses digital keys. There was no spare key, so the car dealer told him he should make an appointment to have an additional key made.

Worldwide attention to what’s going on with the earth’s climate has intensified in recent years. While the research and public discussions today relate to the world’s climate as a whole, climate conditions and destructive weather have affected people since the most ancient of times.

I have been thinking a lot about Church lately, as I recently became a member of my local branch Church of Christ, Scientist. I especially love Mary Baker Eddy’s definition of Church in the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (see p.

Many people in Christ Jesus’ day, not unlike today, saw resurrection as a mystical event happening far in the future, if at all. But Jesus knew differently.

What does our safety depend upon? Does it require being in a particular place, with trusted people or the right set of circumstances? Many believe so, assuming that only perfect material conditions can ensure safety. But let’s consider a powerful alternate view, one that’s been tested over the centuries—safety as a state of consciousness, an understanding of God’s presence right where we are.

On the banks of Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected, among other things, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” ( Walden, p. 8).