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Our holiday house guests
Home is the consciousness of goodThat holds us in its wide embrace;The steady light that comforts usIn every path our footsteps trace. (Rosemary Cobham, Christian Science Hymnal Supplement, No. 443)
To realize home as “the consciousness of good,” as this lovely hymn puts it, is to open the door to heavenly thoughts that uplift and heal. I had the opportunity some years ago to witness this powerful fact.
About the author
Michele Newport is a Christian Science practitioner who lives in Boston.

December 19, 2011 issue
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Letters
Erma R. Gamble, Jim Raynesford, Ellen Saunders, Jane Tallman
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Stories behind the story
Kim Shippey, Senior Editor
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Study emphasizes progress in ending extreme poverty
Jeff Schapiro
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New view of health emerges in medical community, linking spiritual and physical health
Vanessa Summers
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What's new about an old story?
By Maryl Walters
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Our holiday house guests
By Michele Newport
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Presents, or presence?
By Michelle Nanouche
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Let's have a 'Mary' Christmas
By Mark Swinney
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The heart of Christmas
By Suzanne Connolly
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Christmas star
Bonny Barry Sanders
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The best Christmas gift for me
By Linda Fontaine
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What it doesn't say
Kay Weed
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My year-round Christmas
By Nancy Robison
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What Christmas Means to Me
By Mary Baker Eddy
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Fun-packed (& pain-free) winter weekends
By Shelby Barner
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Instant message
Jo Andreae
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A spiritual model for giving
Lois Marquardt
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Our guiding light
Abby Fuller
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Mother's healing prayer, a son's choice
Marsha Ann Pecaut, Joel Moersch
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Growth on foot gone
Elizabeth Olson
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Healing of dengue
Blanca Vitalia Muñoz
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Welcome home
The Editors