
Sections
Misconceptions about Christian Science
Insights into points that are sometimes misunderstood
Metaphysical ideas—deep but uncomplicated
While metaphysical ideas can be very deep, they are accessible to all because they have their source in God, divine Mind, who is everywhere. Healing is available to everyone, regardless of time and space.
The Bible: Our Sufficient Guide
Accounts of healing and inspiration gained from a deep study of the Bible
Christmas and handling the Herod-thought
How we can pray to see the powerlessness of the “Herod-thought”—the mental resistance to God’s law of peace and harmony.
Paths to a Healing Practice
Individuals share how they became Christian Science practitioners
Finding a deeper sense of Christianity
I didn’t grow up in a Christian Science family. But as an active member of another Protestant church whose members loved the Bible, I believed deeply in the power of prayer.
Paths to Christian Science Nursing
Individuals’ sometimes surprising journeys to the public practice of Christian Science nursing
Caring for family members as a Christian Science nurse
A grandmother helps care for her grandbaby, and puts the concepts she’s learning from a Christian Science nursing course into practice.
From the Mary Baker Eddy Library
Short items of inspirational and historical interest regarding Mrs. Eddy and her church
Living Love
On November 20 and 21, 1898, Mary Baker Eddy taught her last Normal class. During that instruction, she asked each class member a pointed question: “If you were called to some one who was apparently dying, what would you do?” Lida Stocking Stone was in attendance, listening as each student answered earnestly—but technically.
Words of Significance
Finding ever deeper meaning in common – and not so common – words in the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s writings
What the heck is a hecatomb?
Allison Stewart, Mary Baker Eddy’s publisher, objected to her using this word in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (see We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Expanded Edition, Vol. 2, pp.
Of Good Report
Present-day examples of “whatsoever things are of good report” (Philippians 4:8)
From insults to handshakes
When a rowdy group of teenage boys trespass repeatedly on his property, this author knows he needs to get to work to see them as God’s children.
Spiritual Shorts
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.
Living Church
Inspiration and information from The Mother Church and branches
New Bible initiatives
We all cherish the spiritual laws and light found in the Bible, the Book of books. And we treasure the particular role of our textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, in illuminating “the inspired Word of the Bible” ( p.