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A sweet treat—in honor of Mother’s Day
In thinking about Mother’s Day, I often reflect back to when each of my children was around three.
My first son had a stuffed animal bunny and would often push him around in the stroller. One day I realized that he was singing a hymn, with words from a poem called “Love” by Mary Baker Eddy (Poems, p. 6). It starts, “Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing.” This was my son’s favorite hymn, and now he was singing it to his bunny.
I asked him what he was doing, and he said, “Bunny fell down and I’m singing to him to make him feel better.” Oh, how I smiled! That sounded just like me. I loved to sing those healing words to my son. It was just so sweet; he was gently taking care of his bunny, just like a mother.
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May 8, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Charlotte Bushnell, Meg Cowan
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The Christ is speaking
Eric D. Pagett
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Raising children and turning to God as Mother
Blythe Evans
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Stick to the perfect model
Martin Vesely
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Powerful evidence of Mind’s presence
Fenella Bennetts
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A sweet treat—in honor of Mother’s Day
Heather Bauer
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National Fund for Christian Science Nursing
from the Christian Science nursing activities department at The Mother Church
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No more period pain
Avantika Dey
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Healed of several ailments
Donna Black
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‘With lovingkindness have I drawn thee’
Joanne Battista
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Quick healing of illness
Kelly Kioko Wambua with contributions from Francisca Nduku
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'Hath not thy heart within thee burned ...'
Photograph by Sharon Alwart
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A ring of care for Mosul’s civilians
The <i>Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board
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Praying for those in Mosul
David C. Kennedy
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Speaking of Truth as power
Kim Crooks Korinek