When we begin to feel that materialism just couldn't be "all there is," we start looking beyond it for meaning. But, as this writer discovered, the real meaning of life is not beyond our reach.
[From a letter to the editor of a Soviet magazine, quoted in Small Fires: Letters From the Soviet People to Ogonyok Magazine 1987–1990, selected and edited by Marina Albee and Christopher Cerf.
Allison W. Phinney, Jr.
with contributions from Marilynne S. Mason
Among films and filmgoers today there are some surprising trends. This interview explores evidence of a thirst for the spiritual, for a reality that is deeper than surface entertainment or appearances.
The Bible is certainly a book of faith. But it also records the struggle to gain understanding. For this reason it speaks eloquently to contemporary questions about God.
If we're committed to working hard for a cause, education and instruction on that subject are vitally needed. Christian Science class instruction gives this kind of practical help.
"Do unto others ..."—the Golden Rule—seems as if we're talking about what we're going to do to others. But think about what it's like to be on the receiving end of the rule.
Christian Science came into my life in 1988 when I was suffering from partial paralysis of the right side of my body from head to toe, and also from intense pain.
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