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"I have enjoyed receiving the Sentinel for fifteen years. Recently I asked myself, 'What makes this weekly so important?'"

I have enjoyed receiving the Sentinel for fifteen years. Recently I asked myself, "What makes this weekly so important?"

A clue came to me as I was reading The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language, by Eugene H. Peterson: "And watch out! They're going to drag you into court.... You're placed there as sentinels to truth. The Message has to be preached all across the world" (Mark 13:9,10). Mrs. Eddy referred to Jesus as "this faithful sentinel of God" (Science and Health, p. 49). I saw I must strive to be a modern-day security guard.

What things of value should I guard? First, I must protect my individuality—the reflection of the qualities of God, good, that I display every day to my family and community. Second, I must preserve the special understanding of God that I have learned in Christian Science.

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