December 21, 2009
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Letters
I work for a benevolent organization that helps individuals who are depending on Christian Science for healing.
UPFRONT
At this time of year, as we settle into holiday activities, it's comforting to know that the one thing that doesn't change is Christmas itself.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THE COUNCIL FOR
a Parliament of the World's Religions, a leading advocate of interreligious peace, is pleased to announce a Conflict Resolution Program to be offered at the fifth Parliament of Religions, to be held December 3–9, 2009, in Melbourne, Australia [see Items of Interest, August 31, 2009].
Article
The spirit of the Christmas season is irrespressible. It can't be quelled either by personal adversity or by the larger challenges of these times.
Article
An officer in the foreign service shares her Christmas memories.
Article
A Kenyan thinks about his city's traditions and holding on to the true spirit of the season.
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Sentinel contributors offer their focused prayers for world peace, instead of war.
Article
My mom found Christian Science five or six years ago, and then I started going to a Christian Science Sunday School.
Poem
Help us to understand that peaceable kingdomsare truly possible, well known to You.
Article
During Christmas time a couple of years ago, my hands were very dry and badly chapped.
Article
To-day the watchful shepherd shouts his welcome over the new cradle of an old truth. This truth has traversed night, through gloom to glory, from cradle to crown.
IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BIBLE LESSON
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THE SALVATION OF CHRIST IS "AHISTORICAL" BECAUSE IT IS A PRINCIPLE OR LAW.
Article
I was just leaving for my morning walk in between rain showers, when I glanced down at the flowers in my front garden.
SENTINEL WATCH
RESIGNATION TO CORRUPTION'S INEVITABILITY IS ITSELF AN ASPECT OF A CORRUPTED VIEW OF MEN AND WOMEN AS MATERIAL, RATHER THAN SPIRITUAL.
Testimony of Healing
About five years ago, I began to experience sharp pain in my lower abdomen.
Testimony of Healing
In the spring of 2004, in the midst of a vigorous game of basketball, I became upset with the player guarding me, who our team felt was playing unfairly.
Testimony of Healing
Time and again I've seen that when any discord arises in my life, it's a call to spiritualize my thoughts.
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FROM THE EDITORS
If Charles Darwin's book can be counted among the books that have changed the world, Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first published in 1875, has changed the world no less. And we at the Sentinel believe that her book will one day change the world most.
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