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2014

A spiritual response to graphic images

We have spiritual authority to reject disturbing images and correct them with the truth of God’s all-present harmony. 

Computer and TV screens, billboards and tabloid covers, direct mail ads and newspaper reports—all deliver a continual stream of images. Some are entertaining, some useful and informative.

Seeing the butterfly

Original in French, this article appeared in the December 2014 French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of The Herald of Christian Science.

As I was looking for a book in my bookcase, I was drawn to open one that was very popular a few years ago featuring pictures called “stereograms.” A stereogram is a 3D picture that has a form, such as a butterfly or a flower, hidden inside a pattern.

Completely recovered from an accident

Original in Spanish, this article appeared in the December 2014 French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of The Herald of Christian Science.

Late one night, I got a call from the children’s hospital, saying that my 20-year-old daughter had been run over by a car, and was in very serious condition.

God’s angels lead us

Originally in German, this article appeared in the December 2014 French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of The Herald of Christian Science.

In my life I have often experienced God sending us His angel messages—pure thoughts—when, humanly speaking, we are at our wit’s end. These inspirations appear in different ways. 

A harmonious childbirth

Originally in Portuguese, this article appeared in the December 2014 French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of The Herald of Christian Science.

The writer gives testimony to the harmonious birth of her son.

Can we really 'take umbrage'?

Seeing everyone we encounter as God’s idea brings blessings and healing.

The Bible Lesson in action

Applying truths from the weekly Bible Lesson brings protection and healing no matter where we are in the world.

A grateful heart brings healing

This author shares how expressing gratitude at any time of the year results in healing.

Healing divisive behavior

This author discovered that holding to the truth of scientific being for all her students healed a divisive classroom situation.

Always free in God’s creation

Originally in French, this article appeared in the November 2014 French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of The Herald of Christian Science.

When one considers history between 1989 and 1991, the fall of the Berlin Wall certainly offers the strongest symbolic significance among other important events connected with freedom, such as the breakup of the USSR and the abolition of apartheid in South Africa. All these events remind me of the way Paul and Silas, who had been unjustly imprisoned, found their freedom: “At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God … And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed” ( Acts 16:25, 26 ).