Of Good Report

 A temporary estrangement is healed. A family reconciles. 

I was so grateful for Science and Health’s practical guidance regarding Christian Science nursing. 

When a houseguest arranges for a tree to be pruned without this author’s permission, the results are ugly. The author prays to see the spiritual reality that no damage could be done to the friendship, or to the tree. 

I thought I was entering a metaphorical wilderness after I took early retirement, but relying on God helped me find abundance at every step.

In the 1920s, my parents were vacationing with my two sisters and me in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. They were looking for a place to spend the night and saw a sign for a guesthouse, where they decided to stay.

A Christian Scientist who was on the bullet train to Kyoto, Japan, shares how she prayed when she lost sight of her sister. She learns that God’s help is faster than a bullet train. 

An avid pickleball player shares how she prayed after she sees an opponent experience an injury on the court. 

At a Christian Science lecture I attended, the lecturer shared an experience he’d had leading an outdoor adventure course for youth. A young man in the course persistently displayed hostility toward him and the rest of the group.

This author didn’t want to miss attending his Christian Science Association meeting in person due to financial challenges. Prayer turns things around. 

Several years ago, for the first time in 45 years, I found myself living alone, longing for relief from feelings of isolation. Sensing my need, friends asked me to visit them, which led to the purchase of a vacant, unique Craftsman-style house in need of restoration.