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What’s happening in your neighborhood?
The news may be reporting thefts and violence in our cities and towns, but a spiritual approach takes a very different view.
Like so many others around the world I listened in horror to the news of rioting in England and watched in dismay as images of the events that endangered people, killing some and leaving many desperately fearful, were shown on TV and the Internet. I have learned in my study and practice of Christian Science that we can’t ignore these images. Prayer allows us to see the spiritual facts of any situation. As it does, it leads us to peace and supports healing for those in trouble.
As I began to pray, the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible was my authority and starting point for replacing these and similar events with spiritual facts. Toward the end of the chapter, it tells us that “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good”(1:31).
The key point here is that God is doing the creating and the seeing. Through His eyes all is good. As we are part of this spiritual creation we all actually have the ability to see and experience this good as well. When people view situations from a material perspective they lose this sense of goodness and accept evil as a fact. Spiritual good, however, is a totally reliable reality in all situations because it doesn’t allow for any opposite. Through spiritual discernment, it’s possible for us to see this goodness in our own lives, too.
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September 26, 2011 issue
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Letters
Betty Lynn Evans, Kevin King, Michael Morgan
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Mending hearts
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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‘This makes us see glimpses of God’
Oivind Ostang
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A new era in health care?
Eric Nelson
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Boston Redevelopment Authority approves Church development plans
The First Church of Christ, Scientist Real Estate Planning
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Forgiveness—it’s natural
By Paul Grimes
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Father, what is forgiveness?
Name withheld
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Breaking the chains of resentment
By Aimee Hermanson
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Song for the day
Darren Stone
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What’s happening in your neighborhood?
By Patricia Sharp
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God doesn't create 'natural disasters'
By Jack Hubbell
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I turned to God
By Katherine Brokensha
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Healing on a school trip
By Deanna Scheck
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Healed quickly
Sara
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Keeping in touch
Marta Greenwood
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‘Go, and do thou likewise’
Linda Jewell
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Overworked? take a ‘timeout’ with God
Melanie Ball
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Defeating false witnesses
By Abby Fuller
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Freedom from knee injury
Mary Ann Sprague
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‘I knew God was in control’
Teresa Pinilla
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Jaw pain quickly healed
Wendy Rose Bryden
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Deciding on God’s side
The Editors