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Quick healing
While holidaying in Majorca some years ago, a friend and I took a pedalo (pedal boat) ride. When we had cleared the cove and were farther out to sea, I decided to jump over the side to have a swim. I felt quite apprehensive about this, but with a false sense of bravado, over the side I went. I swam around a bit, not feeling entirely comfortable, and then clambered back into the boat. As I hauled myself aboard, something gave my thigh a hefty thump and I felt some pain. As I sat in the boat, a relatively large arrow-shaped mark appeared on my thigh and exploded into hundreds of blisters. I concluded that I had been stung by something. I felt fearful looking at this spectacle, and the fear on my friend’s face was alarming.
At the time I had been studying Christian Science for just a few years, and I still felt like a relatively new student. But I had experienced several healings, a much-improved career, and a happier life since beginning this study. So I started praying immediately with “the scientific statement of being” from Science and Health, agreeing that, as it says: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all” (p. 468). I quickly decided not to look at the area on my thigh again but to return to my hotel room to pray. I did not want to call into one of the many first-aid huts dotted around the coves, because I felt more secure relying on God.

June 27, 2011 issue
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"A good laugh is sunshine..."
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Letters
Elisabeth Lane, Jane Mercier Beck, Pam Lampson, Mary Allyene McKinley, Umi Haryono
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Angels come to us
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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Religion is native to humans, according to new study
Richard Allen Greene
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Women clergy balance demands of pulpit and parenting
Adelle M. Banks
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What’s in your weather forecast?
David Cornell
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‘Let us exalt his name together’
Michael Hamilton
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Investing in the ‘treasures of heaven’
Joe Gariano
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Honoring distinctiveness
By Anne Cooling
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Listen . . . and follow
By Stephanie Johnson
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Without number
Melissa Baker
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Faith in God brings healing
By Michael Blitchtein
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Joining up
Maureen Loster
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Touched and healed by angels
By Tom McElroy
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Angels for each other
By Alina Bayer
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Not all angels have wings
By Valerie Thibaut
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Encounters with angels
By Kathleen Collins
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Can you share an angel experience you've had?
Carrie, Martin, Mike, Carol
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Reaching the peak
By Lily Oyer
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Climbing wall confidence
By Nathan Krishnaswami
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Change in editor of the Christian Science periodicals
From the Christian Science Board of Directors
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Transitioning to a new treasurer of The Mother Church
From The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Just below the surface
Joy Schmoll
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Effects of a fall healed quickly through prayer
Karolyn Sewell
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Growth on jaw healed
Leslie Coughtry
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Quick healing
Paula Williams
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On the subject of hell
The Editors