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Mom with us
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science and founded this magazine, was among the few thinkers of the 19th century who spoke of the motherhood of God. The term Father-Mother God, as she used it, denoted the tender solicitude and patience that the Almighty has for Her children. Eddy elaborated: “The true mother never willingly neglects her children in their early and sacred hours, consigning them to the care of nurse or stranger. Who can feel and comprehend the needs of her babe like the ardent mother? What other heart yearns with her solicitude, endures with her patience, waits with her hope, and labors with her love, to promote the welfare and happiness of her children?” (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 90).
To me that concept reinforces the notion that God doesn’t just create us, nurture us for a few years, then drop us off somewhere and say, “OK, kids, you’re on your own.” Her mothering continues forever as we realize our inseparability from divine goodness and guidance, no matter where we find ourselves.
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May 7, 2012 issue
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Letters
Suz Goewert, Betsy Barber, Andrew Wilson
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Mother's Day every day
Dorothy Estes, Editor
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Mom with us
Norm Bleichman
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'Do you have a mother?'
Lynne Cook
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Father=Mother
Hugh Pendexter III
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Learning the language of Spirit
Brian Asher
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You are always loved
Rod Savoye
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100% Natural
Mary Julia Kephart
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Embrace a higher view
Stephanie Johnson
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'Things into thoughts'
Ruth Truscott
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I overcame shyness
Kim Fernandes Donadelli
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You're not invisible!
By Mark
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'I had found what I was searching for'
Kaśka Michaëlis
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A vibrant, active testimony meeting
Hannah Mensing
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Class instruction: a life changer
Rosemary Denson Miller
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In the wake of a shooting, how can we pray?
Melanie Ball
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'From glory to glory'
Michael Hamilton
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Cherry blossom time
Helen Eddy
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Healthy and active on a family trip
Robert Bates
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Lump in breast healed
Linda Ross
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Hip and leg pain healed
Vicki Knickerbocker
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With your whole heart
The Editors