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A NEW OUTLOOK BRINGS HEALING
In the fall of 1995, I was suddenly overcome with a severe physical ailment where I could barely whisper, and didn't have breath to speak a complete sentence. Other physical functions were also affected, my muscles ached, and I lost my appetite for most foods, which resulted in a significant weight-loss. A lounge chair became my bed. Even when I tried to read, it was difficult to focus because of all the discomfort.
I had complete faith, however, that I could be healed through prayer. The dedicated and loving work of the Christian Science practitioner I called, as well as the prayerful support of my wife and family, brought me inspiration and healing throughout this period. The family cassette player also got a lot of use. I listened to tapes of Science and Health, of Sentinel Radio programs, and of hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal. A reference from Mary Baker Eddy's work Rudimental Divine Science provided much comfort, and was the foundation for my return to health: "What seem to be disease, vice, and mortality are illusions of the physical senses. These illusions are not real, but unreal. Health is the consciousness of the unreality of pain and disease; or, rather, the absolute consciousness of harmony and of nothing else" (p.11).

May 23, 2005 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from JOAN WATTAM, JULIE FINNIN DAY, BOB WILSON, DOLORES FRAZIER, DAVID HELMER
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Don't forget to smell the flowers
MAIKE BYRD, CHILDREN'S EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Alline Kent, Ulrich Boser, Malcom Foster, Frederica Saylor
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SHATTERING THE TIME MYTH
By Colleen Douglass
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TOWARD FRAZZLE-FREE FAMILIES
By Warren Bolon
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STRESSED OUT? TEENS SAY MAKE PRAYER A PRIORITY
By Suzanne Smedley
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CIVIC DUTIES CALL FOR SPIRITUAL PLEAS
By Sara Hoagland Hunter
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JUSTICE AND THE SYMPATHY FACTOR
Jeffrey Jones
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NO OTHER VIABLE OPTION
By Walt Rodgers
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FACING DOWN FEAR THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD
By Dee Lewis
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MY LIFE'S WORK
KAY OLSON
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A LESSON FROM A BEE STING
By Lewis Hall
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NO COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES
TONY LOBL
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HEALED AFTER RUNNING A 'HOLY' RACE
LIZ CLAXTON
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A FAMILY PRAYS
FRED WIENECKE with contributions from LAUREN WIENECKE
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A NEW OUTLOOK BRINGS HEALING
WILLIAM PITELESKI