Editorials

Question: "If you were to take an orange, throw away the peel, squeeze out the juice, destroy the seeds and pulp, what would be left?" Answer: "There would be left the thought of the orange. " This exchange took place in a schoolroom.

Just one chapter, seven pages in length, out of the total of 700 pages, specifically addresses the subject of animal magnetism in Mary Baker Eddy's transforming book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The importance of dealing rightly with this subject is in reverse proportion to the number of pages devoted to it.

Steven Austad , a researcher and professor of biology at the University of Idaho, is confident that by the year 2150 someone will live to be 150 years old. Healtheir lifestyles, the promises of biomedical technologies, and advances in genetic research have convinced him that someone alive today will be around long enough to easily bridge into the next century.

God’s motherly love is reflected in us all— and is always available.

Over the last ten years, the Mailing Fund, a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation, has sent over 40 mailings to members of The Mother Church. Each of these mailings was, to one degree or another, critical of Church practices and policies.

A Few Months Ago, the world celebrated one of the most advanced steps toward international unity in modern history. The euro, a common currency that unites the economies of 12 European countries, went into effect.

"My chapter" — THESE TWO WORDS , written by Mary Baker Eddy between verses in her Bible, give a poignant and powerful insight into her life. Her penciled note appears at the close of the Gospel of St.

OVER 30 YEARS AGO, during an unrelenting blizzard, under total whiteout conditions, our car skidded on the highway. Unable to gain control of the car, my husband exclaimed, "God, save us and save our future.

I was listening to a Detroit radio station one night, when I heard the owner of a retail store say: "You never know what's in people's heads. But it seems to me that trying to find comfort in a $15 gas mask is not the way to go.

We're accustomed to thinking of Christmas as a commemoration, a day in which we remember the birth of Jesus. However, for those who personally lived the events of the first Christmas, that day was far more than a festival, far more than a time to exchange presents.