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Healing steps to reconciliation
Thanks to the study of Christian Science, a good understanding had settled over our family, eliminating the apprehension, doubt, and fear with which we had been brought up.
However, a few years ago, when preparing for my father’s funeral, I had, as head of the family, serious misunderstandings with one of my sisters and my younger brother. Their attitude toward me seemed very unfair, and I seriously resented them, even one year later. We had spoken very little and had not visited each other during that period. I felt they were wrong and that it was up to them to come to me and take the first steps toward reconciliation.
One morning during that time, after I’d slept peacefully, I woke up with a very sore tooth. I prayed, as I do every morning, affirming truths about the reality of God’s creation, always perfect and harmonious, in His image and likeness. Then I went to work. During the day, the situation hardly improved—the pain persisted all day. But I continued to affirm my spiritual nature and the impossibility of my expressing anything other than divine Love, in which there can be no pain or infection.
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
July 25, 2011 &
August 1, 2011
double issue
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Letters
Cindy Roemer, Laurel Marquart, Brian Zavitz, Charles Palenz
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Singing in perfect harmony
Maike Byrd, Staff Editor
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‘. . . So I can read the holy book myself’
Fredrick Nzwili
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Building on the bedrock of spirituality
Patti Waterson
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Prayer about unemployment: from millions, to one
Margaret Campbell
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God is Love
By Christa Kreutz
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How do we get to know God better?
By Brian Hall
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Lights leading to the practice
David Horn
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Your questions about church
Giulia Nesi, Scott Putnam
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Healing and church
Glory Holzworth, Adrienne Jones
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A career of healing in the theatre arts
By Kim Shippey
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Excerpts from Theatre: Its Healing Role in Education
Richard Morse
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Hang up on ‘Uncle George’
By Bob Cochran
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Seasons of good
Christie Hanzlik
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Why worship together?
Lois Carlson
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His
Wil Meacham
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Prosperous living
Sue Spotts
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A to-do list?
Kay Weed
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For the preservation of the world’s animals
By Colleen Douglass
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Healing stories from South Africa
Senelisiwe Nkomo, Gemma Ritchie, Moleboheng Beauty Masehlelo, Nikki Papadopoulos, Maia James
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Let's pray
Travis, Lou, Monique, Davin
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Striking the right notes in families
By Ginny Luedeman
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Getting along with my father-in-law
Name withheld
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Healing steps to reconciliation
By Jean Paul Nlend Nkott
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Relationships renewed by Love
Name withheld
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My marriage was saved
By Chris Harvey
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If ‘thy brother hath aught against thee . . .’
Mary Ann Cahill
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Family harmony—it’s possible!
John Minard, Valerie Minard
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Roadside assistance with God
An experience of Bev and Kurt Smith
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Singing and soaring beyond the Requiem
By Elaine Lang
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Spiritual safety
James Masson Coleman
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Montana dusk
Maike Byrd
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Vision restored
Don Alusic
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Constant protection as a stuntman
Loren Janes
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Depression overcome
Peter Tyner
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Hockey healings
Anne Cooling , Evan Cooling
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From extremes to a world in balance
The Editors