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What color is spiritual reality?
True joy and beauty come from a far different source—and have a totally different nature—than we may have supposed.
ONE morning as a group of Christian Scientists were talking together, someone posed a question: What color is spiritual reality? There was silence for quite a long time. Facial expressions were communicating surprise, deep thoughtfulness, even some mild annoyance; but nobody was saying a word. At length someone spoke up, and in a tone of resignation declared, "Well, I guess it would have to be beige. After all, beige is peaceful, neutral, harmless ... dull." And at that, everyone laughed.
That conversation revealed something very important: if we see spiritual reality as vague and boring, it's likely that we'll progress slowly in our demonstration of it.

September 20, 1993 issue
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The Editors
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Soul healing through Christ
Godfrey John
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What color is spiritual reality?
Elaine R. Follis
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God holds us up
Barbara-Jean Stinson
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Is it possible to see a spiritual idea?
Jack H. Thornton
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Christian partnership—an interview with the founders of Habitat for Humanity
Geraldine Schiering with contributions from Millard Fuller, Linda Fuller
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Making peace with our childhood
Jan Johnston
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True spirituality in a new age
William E. Moody
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Preaching the gospel to yourself
Mary Metzner Trammell
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I love God
Celia Rowlson-Hall
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In a television commercial I saw recently, an attractively...
Donald W. Loncasty
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I hurt my leg while I was getting out of the car to go to baseball...
Lejen Lotspeich with contributions from Tiona Pecaut Lotspeich