Article September 23, 2013 Issue

A talent we all possess

Hank Teller

A friend who was planning to join a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, was given a membership application. The people she listed as references were mailed recommendation forms to complete. One form was sent to the Christian Science practitioner and teacher with whom the applicant had recently completed class instruction in Christian Science.

An item on the recommendation form asked the reference to list the “talents” possessed by the applicant that would be useful in supporting the activities of the branch church. The practitioner only listed one. She wrote, “[The applicant] has the talent of spiritual mindedness.”

What does it mean to be spiritually minded, to possess “spiritual mindedness”? The Apostle Paul says, “To be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Romans 8:6). In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy wrote: “We approach God, or Life, in proportion to our spirituality, our fidelity to Truth and Love; and in that ratio we know all human need and are able to discern the thought of the sick and the sinning for the purpose of healing them” (p. 95). Spiritual mindedness is obviously a very powerful and useful talent to develop.

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