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A quick healing of abdominal pain
I have always loved Christian Science and grew up watching the example of my parents, both of whom are students of Christian Science. As a boy, I saw my family experience many healings through prayer in Christian Science, and I was healed very quickly of problems such as a head injury, a burned hand, a dog bite, and bee stings, through the help of my parents and Christian Science practitioners.
However, one of the most meaningful healings for me was one that occurred when I was about 12, where I prayed on my own. I was home alone after school one day a short time before my parents had returned home, when I felt a sharp burst of pain in my lower abdomen. It was quite intense and caused me to fall down to my knees. A pain that felt like a strong cramp continued and made it difficult to breathe. I recall not knowing exactly what to do, but remembered that my parents would always go to the Bible and Science and Health when they needed healing. I was able to get from the stairs to the nearest bedroom and reach for these books, but didn’t know what to look up. So I pulled another book off the shelf that I had seen my parents use—a Concordance, or searchable word index, to Mary Baker Eddy’s writings.
All I could think of was that I was feeling a good deal of pain, so I looked up the word pain and found where Mrs. Eddy wrote in Science and Health: “The divine metaphysics of Christian Science, like the method in mathematics, proves the rule by inversion. For example: There is no pain in Truth, and no truth in pain; . . .” (p. 113).
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April 25, 2011 issue
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Letters
Joy Oldemeyer, Jack Philips, Caroline Harlow, Yvette M. Whatley, Karen Rippberger
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A new perspective on progress
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Tall tales
Mabel Gragg
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In the palm of his hand
Sam Wells
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Addressing rising food prices with ‘Daily Bread’
Tanner Johnsrud
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God does not punish, but redeems
Genelle Austin-Lett
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The blessing of forgiving
By James Fisher
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Church is like a box of rocks
By Sarah Hyatt
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Shine a healing light on it!
By Brian Kissock
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Justice through reliance on prayer
By Louis Mulumba Mwamba
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A foundation of prayer for the rebuilding in Japan
By Beverley Beddoes-Mills
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Winds of change that can bless—in the Middle East
By Tony Lobl
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Trustworthy government—present now
Name removed by request
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For peace and progress in the Middle East
Marta Greenwood
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Making music
By Savannah Jackson
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Our prayers for the people in Japan
Emma, Emily, E.G., Ellie, Emma, Cindy, Jasmine, Becca
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: Finding home in Japan
Louis E. Benjamin
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Grateful for spiritual flexibility and freedom
Elisabeth Seaman
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A quick healing of abdominal pain
Kevin Ness
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Quick healing of illness
Dan Ziskind
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Permanent healing, not ‘soothing syrups’
The Editors