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Free to fly
While taking time during the day for prayer and spiritual study, I have found myself reflecting on the many ways in which my thought was prepared for Christian Science.
One of the many memories that comes back to me is of being in graduate school several decades ago. As the mother of three young children, I was feeling tremendous stress in trying to juggle both the demands at home and in my classes. What was I doing, I wondered, trying to be both a full-time student and a full-time mom? Who was I kidding? And yet, I was given a fellowship for my study, so I felt it must be God’s will for me to go forward.
For some reason, I was feeling especially down one day as I walked from my class to take the elevated train home. As I approached the entry to the train, something caught my eye on the sidewalk. I bent down to get a closer look, and what should I discover but a Monarch butterfly. One of its wings was fluttering, and the other appeared to be stuck to a sticky substance on the sidewalk. I gently lifted the fragile wing without wanting to take even a breath, praying that I would not damage it in the process. Before I knew it, both the butterfly’s colorful wings began to flutter and lift its body into the air. And the butterfly flew off.
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December 4, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Mimi Lofgren, Sally Roberts
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Why share my healing?
Liz Butterfield Wallingford
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Protected everywhere
Kit Kurtz
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Today is God’s day!
Sally House Heinsohn
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Love’s comforting care
Sondra Nielsen Elkins
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Free to fly
Nancy Christopher
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When my dog ran away
Matthew
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Freedom from shame—innocence reclaimed
Helen Lechner
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Aftereffects from a fall healed
Carree White
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Movement restored; pain and fear healed
Victoria Gaines
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'Let the heaven and earth...'
Photograph by Nancy Robison
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Curiosity as an answer for income inequality
The <i>Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board
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Spiritual curiosity
Blythe Evans
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The power and permanence of innocence
Kim Crooks Korinek