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Suitable employment
Throughout my life, I have turned to Christian Science many times to assist me in finding suitable employment, with satisfying, productive results. Sometimes these jobs were quite surprising, coming to light in ways I never could have predicted. In each case, they were right for the time, providing skills I would take to the next opportunity.
For years, I worked in marketing communications, travelling the world while working on print and video projects. This work came about through prayer at a time when I had previously felt trapped in a dead-end job, and had mounting debt. When my prayer was answered, my growth in the industry was rapid. I loved what I did, and after working for a large corporation, I later went freelance, which created bigger projects and more compensation.
Then it came to a complete halt. Shifts in the economy left me unable to find work. Despite my concerted effort, all of my contacts were unable to provide me with employment. My savings started to vanish. The sense of rejection and abandonment was overwhelming. Mortal mind, or the mentality that would oppose God’s allness, was filling my thought with wrong ideas about rejection, lack of opportunity, ageism, and an industry that didn’t seem to want what I had to offer. I tried to reverse these thoughts with spiritual truths I was discovering through my own study and prayer, but progress was slow.
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September 9, 2013 issue
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Letters
Mary Ellen Chapman, Jane Starrett, Cheryl Crandall
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Progress for every student
Gayle Weber
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Who's watching the kids?
Michelle Nanouche
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Suitable employment
Randy Dearborn
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Thoughts on the empty nest
Janet Hegarty
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Reflection on reflections
Text and photograph by Russell Birch
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Standing our spiritual ground
Christa Kreutz
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Holy ground
Madelon Maupin
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There's a new Mary Baker Eddy biography...
Jenny Nelles, Jeff Ward-Bailey
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Eye inflammation cleared
Peter Bartlett Cooper
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Nothing too hard for God
Cathie Trogdon
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Rash quickly vanishes
Connie Maria Abel
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Healing and the family pet
Kaye Cover
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Putting makeover missions in perspective
The Editors