August 2, 1993
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From the Editors
While
we were preparing this issue, a friend told us: "Twenty years ago I was in a department store with my mother and a young boy around five whom my mom and dad were hoping to adopt.
Willingness to accept and grow with the spiritual truths in the Bible and Science and Health helps restore, solidify, and sweeten marriages.
How can we continue to provide appropriate child care for our young people when they are no longer small children?
The author tells of how she prayed about family closeness when her children became adults and went out on their own.
Our salvation, and our present well-being, do not hinge on the actions of any person but on God.
The desire for a child can be seen as a prayer for a higher sense of family established in God.
Young people who love God—and love Christian Science —have a valuable contribution to make to the Sentinel.
You can think of your parents in a way that truly honors them—as God's children.
I can
still remember my parents sitting me down to tell me they were getting a divorce.
I can testify that childbirth is an inherently harmonious action, a fact that is often inaccurately portrayed by the media.
Some years ago my mother decided it was time to leave the home in which she had lived for fifty years, to be nearer her remaining family.
While I was at camp last summer, I injured my elbow while I was trying to do a back flip on the trampoline.
I am deeply grateful for a fulfilling marriage to a fellow student of Christian Science, and for the joy and pleasure of sharing with her the rearing of our five children.
