February 5, 1979
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For whatever reason or no apparent reason, you find yourself moved out of a position of usefulness.
Relating these terms to types of human thought, we might say that quicksilver indicates a temperament that is mercurial and elusive; jellyfish pertains to an absence of stamina; and double-mindedness points to unsettled, vacillating, deceitful thinking.
Self-depreciation is heavy baggage, something to unload as fast as possible.
One day, while thumbing through the Bible, I came across some words of Christ Jesus' I had never noticed before: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
When vaudeville was a popular form of entertainment, Rosie was advertised as the only trained white elephant in captivity.
The questioning of all accepted values and the loosening of family and community ties have created an audience of people, often immature and lonely, desperate for certainty and for an allegiance on almost any terms.
Innumerable religious and quasi-religious groups have sprung up to meet these needs ... But their undue dependence on self-proclaimed wise men leaves them vulnerable to charlatanry and to fanaticism which may pass out of the control of those who evoked it.
The Times (London)
November 21, 1978
"Is the Christian Science healing method something we must apply faithfully without knowing actually how it works?
Roland and his brother have a skateboard, and they like to take turns lying on it, pushing themselves along.
My mother introduced Christian Science to our home, after seeing her mother's instantaneous healing of migraine headaches.
One Wednesday at school I didn't feel well at all.
The healing for which I am most grateful took place one night last winter when I awoke with a pounding headache.
A number of years ago a physician told my father that medical treatment could do nothing more for me and that I would never walk again.
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A directory of all Churches of Christ, Scientist, and Christian Science Societies, including the hours of their services and information about their Reading Rooms, appears monthly in The Christian Science Journal.
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The sense of wholeness that comes from an honest commitment to the things you believe in—this is one of the joys of belonging to The Mother Church.
