August 8, 2011
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Letters
The moment I receive my favourite magazine, the Christian Science Sentinel, I turn first spontaneously to page 3 for an introduction by one of the staff editors, which sets the tone, and then to the last page, “From the editors,” which brings the theme to a healing conclusion.
Items of Interest
At the pulpit
of an inner-city Chicago mosque, the tall blond imam begins preaching in his customary fashion, touching on the Los Angeles Lakers victory the night before, his own gang involvement as a teenager, a TV soap opera, and then the Day of Judgment.
Items of Interest
Boomers may be acting holier than
thou for a reason: They’re the fastest-growing age group in US divinity schools, increasing from 12 percent of students in 1995 to 21 percent in 2010.
Items of Interest
In a nod
to the revolutionary changes occurring in publishing, the new complete Common English Bible is now debuting in 20 digital platforms, almost two months before print editions will be available in stores.
Sentinel Watch
The prayer that affirms how God’s law overrules human conditions is effective. It brings human existence into view as cared for and safe.
In the Christian Science Bible Lesson
God provides for every need, changing even the bleakest circumstances to joy as we journey from “sense to Soul.”
How I Found Christian Science
I began to discover an undreamed-of new freedom for myself.
Poem
Dear God, You are the only Mind—You knowall things that are, and therefore they exist:from galaxies expanding in vast dancesto subatomic traceries of force.
Article
A teacher prays when she feels her work is irrelevant and unappreciated.
Article
Travel offers time to recognize God's harmonious control.
Article
We are pleased
to announce the appointment of Linda Kohler, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as the new Trustee of The Christian Science Publishing Society.
Article
There is a way to redeem the past and the mistakes we've made. Permanent healing is within reach.
Article
Despite an early life of criminal behavior, this woman reshapes her life in a spiritual direction.
Article
Backward-looking thinking immerses us in a mental fog making us feel separated from God.
Article
Feeling remorse about her attitude during college, this writer prays for forgiveness.
Church Alive
Living in a small southwestern town in New Mexico, without a Christian Science church or society, did not stop four individuals who live here—and have been used to attending Christian Science churches most of our lives—from finding a way to have church.
Article
True heaven is not a hereafter. It is a here now.
Testimony of Healing
Thinking about the time I first joined a branch church inspired me to write this testimony.
Testimony of Healing
The year before Christian Science came into my life, I left a full-time teaching position to stay at home with my infant son.
Testimony of Healing
In Mary Baker Eddy’s writings, she clearly sets out how to mentally resist the imposition of false thinking—thoughts that result in disease and suffering.
From the Editors
The Science of the Christ is here, not merely as a religious denomination but as God's love, present and powerful.
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