Article July 14, 1986 Issue

Do you wish to write for our periodicals?

JOHN H. WILLIAMS

Question: What's the best way to start writing an article for the Christian Science Sentinel or The Christian Science Journal, or a religious article for The Christian Science Monitor? The answer is to pray. Pray to know that God endows you with the ability to serve Him in the manner of His appointing; that His intelligence, which you reflect, is limitless; that Love provides without measure the needed inspiration; and that your desire to bless others with an article is pure and unselfed, and stems from divine Love. As Christ Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."^{Matt. 7:7.}

Such prayer surely prepares one to receive the flow of ideas that will lead to a helpful, inspired article. And further, it enables one to detect the numerous pitfalls that need to be avoided in completing this important work for the Christian Science periodicals.

One pitfall is a reluctance to get started writing an article after the desire to do so has been kindled. Another is a lack of the diligence needed to finish it. I suspect there are untold numbers of half-written articles filed away in desk drawers, just waiting to be completed. This need not be so. We can refuse to be mesmerized by procrastination and continue our work to completion under God's compulsion. When we recognize the precious opportunity we have to bless others (and ourselves) through writing, we will readily go forward with our work.

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