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Seeing the real picture
During my teen years my outlook on life was bleak. Like many others of my generation I was overwhelmed by accounts of war, poverty, racial prejudice, social injustice, and predictions of catastrophic future events. In addition, family life was difficult. I often argued with my father, who had many personal problems, and I felt that he was unfair and often scary. I longed to feel a sense of peace.
I attended a Christian Science Sunday School at the urging of my parents, who were not Christian Scientists. They wanted their children to have some religious training, and they liked what they perceived as the Christian Scientists’ positive outlook on life. But we did not study or practice this religion at home.

April 18, 2016 issue
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Letters
Don Griffith, Brett L. Stafford, Kris, Umi, Cate
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Healing light for the world
David Robertson
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God’s harmless creation
Charlene Anne Miller
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Rejecting the notion of chance
Cindy White Zwick
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Drawing closer to God
Name Withheld
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Seeing the real picture
Carol Rounds
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Healing on the sidelines
Carson Hussey
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Hearing restored
Don Keeler
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Injuries from cat healed, harmony restored
Tara D. Talbot
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My suffering stopped
Eleuther W. Mavungu
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Infected ear healed
Benjamin M. Martin
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'Our God is Mind, the perfect Mind'
Photograph by Julian Schrenzel
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When Christly certainty wells up from within
Barbara Vining