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Christian Science Sunday School  is a wonderful learning experience—for both teacher and pupils. Each class is a joyful opportunity to ask and answer questions about the Bible and the teachings of Christian Science, and to share insights on putting what has been learned into practice.

I love the Wednesday evening testimony meeting at my branch Church of Christ, Scientist. This is a time set aside to show proof of the Science of Christ.

The following is an edited and abridged transcript of the “An able ministry—when healing is too real to keep to ourselves” session held June 1, 2019, the Saturday before Annual Meeting, in the Extension of The Mother Church. It was also broadcast live online, and you can watch the complete replay at christianscience.

While living far away from my home country, I found myself a target of mean-spirited comments for reasons I could only guess were racial or ethnic and cultural. As a youth I had been familiar with that kind of prejudice, having been harassed in my own school many times for choosing or defending a friend who might not have had a dark enough skin color (as was more accepted by those who were native or part-native in the area).

A couple of years ago, I felt the need to explore the meaning of compassion more deeply. I’d been feeling exhausted by the constant push and pull of the political situation in the world.

The words we choose when praying might be significant. Silent words can indicate our heart’s desire.

Sometimes it can seem that long-acknowledged standards and axioms have dissipated and are no longer relevant in this modern society. For instance, the word Christ, traditionally a name most reverently associated with Jesus, is often used today as a common exclamation of astonishment, despair—or even worse.

The Word of God and what it means is of immeasurable significance to those who would be spiritual healers. What then is the Word? It is the law of God coming to consciousness, bringing spiritual understanding and revealing the healing power of divine Truth and Love.

Our daughter was at one of her high school color guard team practices. The rest of the family was headed off to another activity.

Whatever circumstance we find ourselves in, the way we think about it ultimately determines the outcome of the situation. I’m not talking about willing a problem to go away or any form of positive thinking, but rather staying with what is fundamentally true to bring about a helpful resolution.