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The power behind brotherly love
There’s a single ingredient that can tangibly help people and nations around the world, explains the column on the facing page: “The substance is philia, which goes by its generic name brotherly love.”
I have to admit, it seemed so obvious that at first I felt a little underwhelmed. Of course behaving kindly to one another makes the world a better place, right? But as I continued reading, I realized there’s much more to it than that.
Brotherly love in its deepest, truest sense is imbued with a power that goes far beyond simply human acts of kindness, to the very essence of what it truly means to love. “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God,” we read in the Bible (I John 4:7). Mary Baker Eddy puts it simply: “God is Love” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 2).
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May 23, 2016 issue
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Letters
Diane Williamson, Cathy Edge
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Never give in to chaos
Elizabeth Crecelius Schwartz
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Commencement—looking forward with spiritual vision
Brian Webster
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In defense of the whole human family
Joseph Eller
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Christian Science is the most effective healer
Sue Holzberlein
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Should I strike back?
Jenny Sinatra
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No more altitude sickness
Marsha Delano
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Our son’s lack of focus was healed
Julie Rein
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Puppy healed
Heather Bauer
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'Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty...'
Photograph by Steve Ryf
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The quiet quality that uplifts
John Yemma
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The power behind brotherly love
Liz Butterfield Wallingford
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The deep honesty that supports Christ-healing
Curt Wahlberg