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You can be made new—now!
As an orchid grower, I love the early morning when I nurture my plants. Daily, plants show new shoots, leaves, and beautiful blooms. For me, these signs are like the new day, which brings with it the light of spiritual development for each of us.
We are not like plants; so how do we grow? While a material sense of things may argue that we develop a physical body, which then grows old and decays, Christian Science enables us to prove that each day we grow new in our understanding of God. We are His ideas.
We make all things new through our rejection of time-worn beliefs and theories, adding to our acceptance of what God has created us to be. This growth takes place in consciousness as we gain an improved understanding of our true being, unfolding to us the concept of perfect God and perfect man. As Mary Baker Eddy puts it: “Perfection underlies reality. Without perfection, nothing is wholly real” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 353).
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December 31, 2012 issue
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Letters
Betsie E. Tegtmeyer, Chantal Kingue Tanga
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Leaving the old for the new
Dorothy Estes, Editor, Journal, Sentinel, Herald
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The high goal: obliterating death
Abraham McLaughlin
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Moment-to-moment progress
Diane Marrapodi
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You can be made new—now!
Donald A. Wilson
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Full bloom
Elizabeth Kellogg
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Innocence rules in school
Fay Coulouris
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The protection of 'amazing' grace
Christopher Cieply
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Gold-winning spiritual purpose
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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Summer camp blessings
Sam Pellegrini
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Stepping forward fearlessly
Andy Elliott
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A cup of cold water
John London
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Addressing tragedies and 'sudden endings'
Kim C. Korinek
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Knowing the Lord brings blessings
Brian Hall
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Class and a college kid
Jean Schoch Gioioso
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The just and the unjust
Lord Bowen
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Healed of smoking addiction
Richard Sevaly
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Dancing and praising God
Gina Marie Murphy
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Healing of otitis and urinary problem
Maria Amelia Gomes da Silva
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Defending children
The Editors