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The Wall had to fall

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

With many crossings over the border into the eastern sector of Berlin, I was confronted with the necessity and, at the same time, the opportunity to correct false views—on both sides of the border.

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 ).

The indivisible government of divine Love

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

Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, António shares how he prayed about the situation from a spiritual perspective.

Her mouth was completely healed

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

Adapted from the Spanish radio program of El Heraldo de la Ciencia Cristiana, “La base de la oración” [The basis of prayer]. 

When my oldest daughter was a child, we lived in El Prado, a very nice area of the city. She loved to go biking with her friend.

Mastering the fear of aging

We can all gain new glimpses of our genuine identity as God’s idea, always expressing ageless Life, God.

Just heal it!

If we want to be effective healers, we must go into our daily lives prepared to put into practice what we’ve learned.

Prayerful decision-making

This author finds God’s guidance is a reliable presence in decision making.

My Iceland trip and God’s shepherding presence

This author finds that God outlines only good for us, meets our every need perfectly, and is continuously available to help and heal.

Putting down false claims

This author learns how important it is to be alert to the subtlety of error in order to experience God’s healing presence.

Seeing through the lie

Waking up from the lies we tell ourselves.