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Diagnosed dental problem healed
As I sat in the dentist’s chair for my yearly checkup, I once again heard how important it was that I make an appointment to have a root canal procedure. I had heard this urging before at the previous appointment and the supposedly dire consequences of doing nothing. But I had been doing something; I had been praying. I had been affirming that my true substance was spiritual and that God was the source of my entire identity and being.
I knew that a decayed tooth was not a spiritual reality but an illusion, a false image of mortal mind. A material operation would not dispel this illusion, and it was important to me not to simply go along with the seeming reality of matter’s illusive nature. Now was the time to defeat this lie and to know that God was working out His purpose in me. I left the dentist’s office, knowing I could lean on God, but I also felt I was at odds with the dentist who was urging a medical procedure.

September 26, 2016 issue
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Letters
Virginia P. Fay, Judith Cordray
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Preparing the soil, planting the seed
Scott Thompson
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Satisfied with ever-present good
Jennifer Johnson
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Go ahead and represent!
Lynn G. Jackson
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Right desires and their fulfillment
Marilyn Wickstrom
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Rotation in office of Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editor
Christian Science Board of Directors
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Back pain from car accident dissolves
Ken Heroy
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Diagnosed dental problem healed
Stephen Rea
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Healed of leg pain
Paul Sedan
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'I climb, with joy, the heights of Mind,'
Photograph by Carole Jackson Poindexter
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The uses of gratitude in diplomacy
<i>The Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board
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Gratitude and progress
Keith S. Collins
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Dealing with negativity
Deborah Huebsch