Editorials

At times, society's attempts to redefine basic morality can cause a collective gasp, even among the most jaded observers. That was very likely what occurred not long ago when the Internet edition of Britain's Daily Telegraph reported the views of a well-known church bishop who was conducting a series of seminars in Scotland on the subject of "sex and Christianity.

While I was on a recent trip to Boulder, Colorado, the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains were in full view during my early morning walk. Mountains have a way of attracting our attention.

I saw an interview the other day in which a teenage boy said that he was disappointed in himself for some of the trouble he had caused in the past, and that he intended to change his ways. It was quite touching to hear that he wanted to improve his life not just for his own sake, but also because he wanted to make his mother happy.

To those engaged in the practice of Christian healing, Mary Baker Eddy offers this encouragement and instruction: "Hold perpetually this thought,—that it is the spiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ, which enables you to demonstrate, with scientific certainty, the rule of healing, based upon its divine Principle, Love, underlying, overlying, and encompassing all true being. "   Science and Health , p.

The author notes that whether we are “literally alone or surrounded by others, our love for others—our words, our deeds, and especially our prayers—can make a difference.”

One of the main issues causing considerable debate among Christian and other religious communities today is aptly summed up in the headline of a recent article in U. S.

People are thinking in new ways about employment. Those who watch employment trends say it's no longer uncommon for someone to have several careers in his or her lifetime.

Followers of Christ Jesus today are much like other people. They sleep and eat, go to work and shop, read and interact in community affairs.

Recent years have found considerable attention being given to the whole mortal process of death and dying. There are courses and seminars, medical and sociological studies, books written about the psychology of dying, about the emotional cost to individuals and families, the financial cost, and the various systems and mechanisms to help people cope.

Bible readers often gain a healthy respect for little things. They learn that small and humble things—when they have the authority of divine Spirit behind them—are vastly more powerful than big things that thunder and threaten and throw their material weight around.