Letters to the Editor

Avoiding stereotypes Recently, you wrote to contributors to the Christian Science magazines, sharing some radical ideas. Ideas shape experience, and these were radical only in the sense that they did not conform to the preconceived perceptions [of many of us] about writing for the magazines.

HOODED PILGRIM "Letter to a hooded pilgrim" is one of the most remarkable articles I have ever read. The very individual expression.

Gospel of Mark The new series on the Gospel of Mark starts out with one of the best written introductions I have read. I am a retired Episcopal priest who continues to serve in parishes as needed and who continually seeks to more fully understand Christ's message to us.

The following is from a letter the Editors recently received. We felt it was a helpful illustration of the protection and healing that result from chastity.

SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING In The Christian Science Journal's report on the second Harvard "Spirituality & Healing in Medicine" conference, it was encouraging to see Christian Science publicly acknowledged as playing an important role in the field of spirituality and healing. The fact that the conference expressed deep respect for the Bible and for the writings of Mary Baker Eddy is a cause for much gratitude.

Excitement Recently , while reading "Reports of healing" in an issue of the The Christian Science Journal , I caught sight of something I had never fully understood before—the truth that all real life is of God and in God, purely spiritual, purely good. Comfort and inspiration of this kind bring the component of excitement to my reading of the periodicals, and I thank you.

Lifetime of healing The series of articles entitled "Mary Baker Eddy: a lifetime of healing" meant a great deal to me. First, it answered the question "How did Mrs.

Dear Editor, Over the years, in order to be obedient to Article VIII, Section 14, of the Manual of The Mother Church, I have tried to subscribe to the Christian Science periodicals (including The Christian Science Monitor ) regularly. That By-Law reads in part, "It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church.

New student I am a new student of Christian Science. When I don't quite follow what I am reading, I turn to my copies of The Christian Science Journal for help—and especially to the testimonies at the back of each issue.

Genesis The awakening interest in the book of Genesis has been apparent in several newsmagazines and in Bill Moyers's series on public television in the United States. I find this very exciting.