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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Nothing can be taken from us
When Steve was in his early teens, one of his classmates ("a big bully," as Steve called him) took away his pen. That night Steve told his dad what had happened and that he needed a new pen. His dad wanted to know what Steve was going to do about the one that had been taken. Steve replied: "Absolutely nothing! This guy is twice my size, and you just don't mess with him."
After they had talked about it for a while, they agreed that even though a pen was no big deal, here was a challenge to rectify something wrong by applying what Steve had learned about prayer in the Christian Science Sunday School. Steve and his dad talked about substance. What could help them see Steve's real substance? And the substance of his classmates? What went through Steve's mind when he thought of his good friend Bob down the street? Steve thought about Bob's friendliness, his generosity, his sense of humor and joy, and his helpfulness. Those qualities, Dad explained, showed something of Bob's real substance; and those and other good qualities such as honesty, love, patience, forgiveness, and justice indicated Steve's real substance, too. The Godlikeness they pointed to was the substance of his real spiritual selfhood.

January 11, 1982 issue
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Freedom on God's terms
GERALDINE SCHIERING
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The kingdom within
DORIS LUBIN
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Quietness and confidence
GEORGIANA LIEDER LAHR
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God's purpose
RALPH R. DUNIWAY
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A new name
FEODORE SACHS
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Patiently waiting for an answer
HOLLY B. SUHI
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The basis of true friendship
THOMAS RICHARD MITCHINSON
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Stone wall or gossamer web?
ARLINE WALKER EVANS
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God draws His own
MARION SHELDON PIERPONT
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Overcoming adversity in human relations
DeWITT JOHN
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Cherishing another's good
BEULAH M. ROEGGE
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Sabbath light
ARLENE POURROY
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Nothing can be taken from us
Arno Preller
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As a young man, I felt somehow there was more...
MORTON HECHT with contributions from BERNICE HECHT
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When I was twenty years of age, our family was very unhappy...
MARION MARRIOTT MENERE
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About three years ago I became totally deaf in one ear and could...
MARION B. WILSON
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The teachings of the Bible in the light of Christian Science have...
CAROL JOAN SHELLEY