"A breath of fresh air"

Your articles are sharp and witty, always written from a broad-minded perspective. Each issue delights me when it arrives. They are a breath of fresh air. Please tell that guardian angel who sends me the Sentinel to keep it up.

Emilio Alvarez
Holquin, Cuba

Love for humanity

I'd like to tell you how very grateful I am for the Sentinel of September 30 on Mary Baker Eddy and the newly opened Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. This issue sets out clearly the motivation for the Library, and should stop some of the conjecturing of what Mrs. Eddy would think about having her papers and letters opened to the public. None of us can divine what Mrs. Eddy would think; however, seeing what she said and considering her own statement: "Christian Science must be accepted at this period by induction" (Science and Health, p. 461), we can accept "by induction" that she would approve of the Library because her love of mankind drove her to fulfill her mission, which endures because of the continuity of that all-embracing love.

June Austin
Hernando, Florida

Not as lonely

While reading a recent issue, even the Letters and the Items of Interest, a new reason to appreciate the Sentinel occurred to me. It's a take-off on the saying, "Reach out and touch someone."

So many of my hours are spent in the lonely precincts of an empty nest that reading what others all over the world write from the heart of their lives, and of how they're experiencing Christian Science healing, and of how they're relating to one another, touches my heart in a good way.

It's as though they are the ones "reaching out and touching this one," in ways that really count. I love each touch from every Christian Science publication. My lonely precincts are less lonely when I see the Sentinel in its true light.

Tom Biggar
Fort Myers, Florida

Not just for kids

I just finished reading the September 16 Sentinel for Kids. I love the simplicity of the ideas shared. I especially enjoyed Mark Swinney's article, "Just be yourself," where he says, "Just because people don't see your worth ... doesn't mean you don't have worth." I also liked the analogies given in the poem "What are you like?" I have been a Sentinel subscriber for years, and appreciate this new Sentinel—not just for kids by any means.

Marney Mallon
Colorado Springs, Colorado

"Healing cultural wounds"

The cover photo for the "Healing cultural wounds" Sentinel (October 7) was especially moving to me. This woman's hands reflect such deep beauty. They have love, creativity, and the grand horizon's view in them. I feel they have seen so much of the richness of life. Thank you for featuring them.

Whitney Woodruff Moody
Plymouth, Massachusetts

I was deeply moved by the courage, impact, and healing in the recent Sentinel about indigenous people (October 7), and in general so encouraged by the Sentinel's willingness to address deep-seated social ills as well as individual bodily ones. As even social science research is showing, the two are very related.

Ed Gondolf
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Unneeded column?

I want to thank you for the new format of the Sentinel. I find the magazine easy to share and well received. The only column I am not that fond of is 100 Years Ago. I don't find it relevant, inspiring, or meaningful. Other than that—forge ahead!

Ann Little
Atascadero, California

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