Editorials

By his resurrection Christ Jesus taught that Spirit, not matter, is the substance, the ultimate reality, of an individual's life. He showed that spiritual activity demonstrates man's inseparability from the Father, the one Life, and that no one is destroyed by death.

Sometimes we become lax in the way we use the personal pronoun "I. " We say, "I feel tired today," or, "I don't feel well," and, again, "My zest for life is gone; I am low and depressed.

A distinctive characteristic of divine Love is its creative power. Love is that which produces ideas, blesses them, sustains them, and cherishes them.

Business meetings in branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, are important. For one reason, they offer the opportunity to put democracy to work on a high level, high because such meetings are impelled by a power higher than human thought.

Although Christian Scientists know that the Science they follow is the revealed Truth, they certainly do not assume any superiority to others or presume that they are privileged above others. They are so engaged with the idea of helping mankind to understand Truth that they do not indulge in comparisons.

Sometimes when driving our car, we arrive at a fork in the road where there is no adequate signpost. We then ask ourselves which road to take.

Modern technological developments have telling social effects. Quick communication is turning the world into one village in which nearly everyone knows what nearly everyone else is doing and thinking, even while this is happening.

Can you see thoughts with the naked eye? Of course you can. You are seeing them every waking moment.

With the advent of Christianity and then the founding of Christian Science, there has been a gradual amelioration of theology to the point where the nature of God is better understood; and the demonstration of this nature in human experience results in more equity, mercy, and healing love. In many instances in the Old Testament there is a concept of God that seems harsh in its justice and perhaps cruel in its implementation.

Protests are not new. There have always been protesters against established conditions and laws.