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Make way for the Christ
Classical music lovers are no doubt familiar with Gustav Mahler, the late 19th century Bohemian-Austrian composer. Much of Mahler’s music was written amid personal tragedies, including the passing of his beloved daughter, Maria. When listening to a Mahler composition, one is struck by the transcendent and gently comforting swirls of music that speak of something perhaps inexpressible by words.
Into this place between words—where the heart is broken or the wisdom of the world is impotent to solve a dilemma we may be facing—the Christ enters.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, offers a profoundly helpful definition of the Christ in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. She writes, “Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness” (p. 332). Providing further insight she writes, “The advent of Jesus of Nazareth marked the first century of the Christian era, but the Christ is without beginning of years or end of days” (p. 333). How comforting to know that the forever Christ is constantly performing its tender duties.
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August 20, 2012 issue
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Letters
Joy V. Smith, H. Wyeth, Ad Walter Knoepfel, Jackie Mosk, Lisa Whitney, Claire Lackey
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A nurturing shepherd
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Our pastor: the foundation for Christian healing
Christine J. Driessen
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Church services heal
George Reed
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Dancing again
Joyce Posik
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When the pastor calmed me
Laura Remmerde
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Taking direction from God
Gil Bird
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Make way for the Christ
Sue Brightman
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Oneness
Susan Vreeland
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In heaven on earth
Don Houge
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Quote quandary
Maija Baldauf
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A pamphlet that changed my life
Elizabeth Harned
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'The rock that is higher than I'
Richard Requarth
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Purifying prayer for our oceans
Valorie Miller
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Living the commands of Jesus
Abby Fuller
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Give a 'cup of cold water'
Anna Lisa Kronman
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Hymns heal
Margaret Penfield
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Healed of hepatitis
Samuela Orth-Moore with contributions from David Orth-Moore
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The cyst lost its reality in my consciousness
Maritza Añez
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Sparks, embers, and fire
The Editors