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A relationship restored
Throughout Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and her other writings, Mary Baker Eddy uses terms like Father-Mother, God and God ... the parent Mind (see for example, Science and Health, pp. 335 and 336) to illustrate the inclusiveness of God’s nature and God as our Parent—the one who cares for, guides, and protects us, and brings us reassurance and confidence. These terms are reassuring to me, and through my increasing understanding of what they imply of God’s allness, gave me the confidence to pursue the restoration of my relationship with my father.
My parents divorced when I was a young child, and my subsequent contact with my father was infrequent, which caused me some heartache. Later on he had two other marriages and two more children. He was particularly successful in his profession and was widely and frequently praised. Although rightly deserved, this praise was not only overwhelming for me, but also brought out feelings of personal inadequacy.

April 22, 2013 issue
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Letters
Daniel Otieno Okello, JSH-Online comments, Margaret Breazeal
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Sacred solitude
Annette Kreutziger-Herr
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Grace at work
Joe Gariano
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Challenge the premise
Madora Kibbe
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Love's transparency and the diamond ring
Sheila Shayon
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Never born, never aging
Jane Keogh
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"When God is seen with men to dwell..."
Photograph by Helen Eddy
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The journey of transformation
Madelon Maupin
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Sustained in a new country
Karin Mironescu
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Our constant home
Mandy-kay Thornton Johnson
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100%!
Megan Selby
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'Hid with Christ,' not judged
Ginger Mack Emden
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Signs of hemorrhoids disappear
Mokoko Ndumbo Noss
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Pain-free vision
Linda Kohler
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A relationship restored
Diana Impey
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Stop the hate; start the love
The Editors