July 22, 1991
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From the Editors
Our
series of special sections highlighting trends in various parts of the world continues in this issue, with the focus on Brazil.
When we think of cities, we may tend to think in terms of challenges and social forces moving outside the reach of human control. But there is no place beyond the reach of omnipotent Love.
What are some of the characteristics we need if we are to bring progress in our world? Can't we begin to express more of the moral courage and spiritual wisdom seen in the lives of Moses and Christ Jesus?
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"It
would take a book to share all the healings I have had and the spiritual growth and inspiration gained from each one," writes a testifier.
Christ Jesus' teaching held out a new hope to those who followed him. That hope and its fulfillment are still available today—including his promise of Christian healing.
Sentinel readers are accustomed to seeing articles and testimonies marked "original in French" or "original in Spanish"—or any of the many native languages of our contributors.
Haves and have-nots, overdeveloped and underdeveloped—the labels are all too familiar. But when we look deeper into the spiritual nature of creation, we see that there can be no partiality or limitation to God's care.
No matter what appears to be holding back our progress, God's law removes obstacles and brings us freedom.
Are some decisions not worth praying about? This writer found that whatever the choices we face, prayer makes a practical difference.
We're told that scientific breakthroughs are needed to cure diseases. What Jesus taught and demonstrated—God's healing power—was spiritually scientific. And thousands are coming to understand how practical it is today.
Explorers seek new worlds and larger understanding. There's a spiritual passage that can be embraced with equal enthusiasm.
Among
the many things for which I have to be grateful to God is the fact Christian Science has always been a part of my life.
I recently had an experience which made perfectly clear to me the efficacy of prayer, regardless of the circumstances that might argue mightily against trust in God and the essential goodness of man as His spiritual child.
At one time I had a yearning to pray about a specific world problem, but I felt inadequate.
Many years ago I slipped on a wet deck behind our home.
"Shepherd, show me how to go / O'er the hillside steep.
