Columns & Sections
Columns
Of Good Report
Present-day examples of “whatsoever things are of good report” (Philippians 4:8)
Believe the true report
What God reports is always accurate, and pure and true messages constantly flow to us, since we are His children.
Spiritual Short
Big ideas in small packages
We must gravitate Godward—it’s a law
The Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, may not have been an institutionally educated scholar of the natural sciences, but I find her insights about the laws of nature and their applied relevance to health and human affairs to be breathtaking. Take her statement in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Mortals must gravitate Godward, their affections and aims grow spiritual.
Branching out
Examples of inspiring and healing activity in branch churches, societies, and informal groups
Friends, let’s cherish the Explanatory Note together
The explanatory note sets the tone for reading the Christian Science Bible Lesson-Sermon. It’s all-inclusive greeting of “friends” says the church service is meant for everyone, everywhere.
Pathways to the practice
Individuals share how they became Christian Science practitioners
Lifted by the example of others
A Christian Science Sunday School teacher once pointed out to our class of young teens that Jesus never instructed his followers, “Worship me. ” Rather, he counseled them, “Follow me” and “Heal the sick” ( Matthew 4:19; 10:8 ).