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People who are homeless in our city live on the streets near my apartment. The article by Deborah Scheetz gives me the needed push to really love enough to pray about homelessness.

Susan

This idea from Mary Baker Eddy's writings has challenged us to open up our home to those who needed one and to some who were temporarily homeless. "Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections" (SH 58:21). We have found that it has enriched our family no end to extend our "boundar(ies) of the affections.

Kim

Something about coming home that I found surprising: When I make others feel welcome, I am seeing them as God sees them - as good, pure, lovable and loved - I feel a greater sense of home than ever. And I have also found that these ideas - of being worthy and loved - speak to a deep place in us all. When we recognize others' worthiness and goodness, they feel they have come home to a place they are profoundly familiar with.

Elizabeth

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December 24, 2018

Effects of accident reversed 

During my younger son’s visit home last Christmas, he needed an office chair to use in his room. We had one in the attic above our garage, but as my husband was handing it down to me from the top of the attic ladder, the heavy chair came crashing down on my face.

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12/17/18 - A lifetime of God’s loving care

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A loved hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal reads: “Cared for, watched over, beloved and protected.” Who wouldn’t want to live with the knowledge that God is always caring for us, loving us, and protecting us?

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Getting dumped right before Christmas was this author’s definition of the worst Christmas ever. Now what was she supposed to do while everyone else was celebrating? She was surprised to find that the answer began with getting a better understanding of the spiritual significance of Christmas.

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Subject: Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?

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