That question in the Bible, "Who is my neighbor?" still matters. While our neighborhood may be larger than ever, we and our neighbors still need the love Christ Jesus taught us to share.
From time to time the press has documented challenges facing those who serve in the military today. This interview shows how a search for spiritual answers has helped people surmount some of those challenges.
Patience, more than just calm waiting,more than suffering throughuntil good comes,patience, like the bud of a rose—beautiful in itself—holds the kingdom of heaven within,turns to face the light of Truth,and blossoms into fullnessas the warmth of God's loveshines upon it.
It has been said that eternal life is not, in relation to life on earth, a continuation in linear sequence; that rather, eternal life is with us every moment, at right angles to life on earth.
To trust in God without compromise is at the very heart of Christian Science practice. As Jesus taught his own disciples, it's at the heart of healing.
The
plight of universal suffering, and the fact that I myself had suffered from a chronic disease of the ear since my youth, caused me to investigate different religions with the hope that I might find in them the healing influence of God through Christ.
Many times over the past twenty-five years I have been greatly helped by reading the testimonies of healing in the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Journal and have been healed at least twice by pondering spiritual insights shared by fellow Christian Scientists in these accounts.
Robert B. Drew
with contributions from Dorothy L. Drew
My parents were introduced to Christian Science when I was a small child, and from that time until now I have relied on Christian Science to solve my problems, physical and otherwise.