Letters

The light went on

Many thanks to Curt Wahlberg and the Sentinel for his article “The ‘miracle of Christmas’ continues” [December 23, 2013]. The way he phrased the insight relating to the incident with the apparently lifeless bird provided a newly useful window from which to view the many truths in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy as well as the Bible. His phrase, “... it occurred to me that what I saw lying on the ground was not the reality of the bird,” helped me see the difference between appearance and reality. An earlier statement prepared my thought for the “light to go on.” “Christmas commemorates the fact that into this apparently material experience came the message and proof, and impetus for us all to prove, that life is really Spirit.”

I’m sure it has happened to most of us that we can gain new insights and understanding from looking at something familiar from just a slightly different standpoint. The limitations of reports we get from the unreliable physical senses cannot tell us what is perfectly true and real. The whole article reminded me that there is only one reality. It gave me new impetus to stop looking at and believing matter images as being real. To look beyond appearances to the reality in Mind. To “resolve things into thoughts” [see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 269].

Roger Poulson
Citrus Heights, California, US

A great uplift

It is Christmas Eve and I’ve had a busy day, but before I settle down to some festive TV, I must get this off to you. I was feeling a bit tired mid-morning, after a restless night and then up at seven for one final shop for Christmas fare. And so I went to my bedroom to spend a few quiet moments relaxing, and picked up this week’s Sentinel [December 23, 2013]. It opened at pages 16-17. What a joy! Will you please pass on to those budding practitioners, Landon, Austin, Kimberly, Emily, and Jeff, a big hug and a thank you from me? Their two-page section [on the ‘kids’ pages] really made my day and gave me a great uplift! Bless them all for their thoughtful, prayerful contributions, and to their Sunday School teacher/s who had (presumably?) inspired them to take on this Christmas project.

Anne Daly
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England

Victors instead

[“Protection online and off,” Curtis Edge, December 16, 2013, Sentinel]

Thank you for this timely article. As a quality manager in a financial call center, I am daily confronted with this challenge. Your point to identify man as defined in Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy instead of accepting a view of mortal men capable of committing fraud is very helpful. I love to be reminded that we are not victims of evil, but rather victors.

Kathryn Fish
JSH-Online Web Post