This material world is even now becoming the arena for conflicting forces. On one side there will be discord and dismay; on the other side there will be Science and peace.
— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 96

In response to mail bombs and other recent terrorist threats, the Sentinel's New Editor, Rosalie Dunbar, spoke with three Christian Scientists whose global activities have given them reason to pray about this important subject. Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor's deputy national news editor, spent three years with the Monitor in south Asia, including assignments in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Elisabeth ("Libby") Hoffman is the President of Fambul Tok International, working in community-based reconciliation in post-conflict countries, with a focus in Sierra Leone. Joshua Niles served in the US Army and spent a year in Iraq as a combat platoon leader. He is presently a Christian Science practitioner and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.