Article March 24, 1997 Issue

New concepts, new ideals in Russia

by Kim Shippey

A few weeks ago, one of The Christian Science Monitor's foreign correspondents, eighteen-year Monitor veteran Marshall Ingwerson, was invited to share with Mother Church employees some of his impressions of the Russian people during the two years he has been reporting from Moscow. He spoke informally to several hundred members of staff one lunch hour during a visit he made to Boston.

In introducing Mr. Ingwerson, Monitor Editor David Cook said that many activities of the Church founded by Mary Baker Eddy call for courageous and unselfish service. He cited a passage in Mrs. Eddy's book Miscellaneous Writings in which she says: "I make strong demandson love, call for active witnesses to prove it, and noble sacrifices and grand achievements as its results" (p. 250).

"In some cases, foreign correspondents face physical danger," said Mr. Cook. "For example, Marshall and our other Moscow correspondent, Peter Ford, have both been fearless in traveling to Chechnya and reporting on the fighting there. At other times, the sacrifices of our foreign correspondents are less visible. Out of love for the Monitor, they—and their families—show enormous unselfishness in arranging their lives."

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