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Many years ago , when I got my first teaching job, I joined the nearest Christian Science church. Immediately, I was assigned to the nursery, where babies and children too young for Sunday School are cared for.

“You know, you don’t have to do that. You can say ‘no.

Though she was on fire to share Christian Science and its healing effects on her life, this university student was met with skepticism—sometimes even hostility—from people who seemed to have no interest in God or religion. Prayer helped her find both a different perspective on sharing and a new way to share.

In 1893 Mary Baker Eddy wrote to Edward Kimball, one of her students: “For the world to understand me in my true light, and life, would do more for our Cause than aught else could” (October 15, 1893; L07433, The Mary Baker Eddy Library; © The Mary Baker Eddy Collection). I had often wondered what Mrs.

On tour at a classic car museum, I was impressed by the museum’s exhibit of “barn finds. ” A barn find is a classic car or motorcycle that has been abandoned, often left in a barn in poor condition.

You may have asked yourself what it will take for humanity to rid itself of the aggressive and persistent evils that thwart our efforts to live peaceful, productive, meaningful lives. Some radically suggest it will take another world war or some other cataclysmic events.

When a big earthquake struck Mexico City in September 2017, my oldest son and I were on the Metrobús stopped at a red light. I had just been speaking on my cellphone with a woman who had called me to pray for her about some trouble she was having, and I had been feeling thankful that divine Love meets all our needs.

One day while walking through my town, this thought came to mind: “You need an office!” What a grand idea, and how lovely to have an office specifically designated for the Christian Science practice.   For a few days I ruminated on the idea, and I began looking at spaces downtown.

When you’ve experienced healing in Christian Science, the joy, uplift, and gratitude you feel stays with you, and you naturally want to share it. The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science provide a place for everyone to do so.

We’d recently moved to a new city and settled into a new apartment complex where there were other young parents with infants and toddlers, and we’d all become friends. Over coffee one morning my next-door neighbor told me we were the only family there who “does church” on Sunday.