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Celebrating Immanuel, ‘God with us’
Not have a Christmas tree? My grandparents, with whom I was living, tried to explain that they didn’t do Christmas trees anymore. I was shocked. The tree, with its decorations and evergreen fragrance, along with the presents underneath, had always been the centerpiece of my family’s Christmas. My grandparents relented, and we had a beautiful tree that year. I was sure I had saved Christmas for them.
Yet half a century later, my grandparents’ point of view seems perfectly acceptable to me. Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Each successive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine goodness and love” (p. 66).

December 9, 2019 issue
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From the readers
Lauren Moss, Lyn Blair
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Unselfishness: A recipe for time management
Dillon Siewert
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Christ’s leading at Christmastime
Kendra Nordin Beato
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We can get beyond prejudices and assumptions
Blythe Evans
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Celebrating Immanuel, ‘God with us’
Marilyn Wickstrom
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God’s goodness is unlimited
Allison J. Rose-Sonnesyn
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A very fast healing
Eliette
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Chronic muscle pain dissolves
George Fay
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Running freely again after a fall
Daniel Biwila
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Cold symptoms gone
Susan Angle Damone
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Awakening
Suzanne Goewert
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A sanctuary for healing—wherever you are
Barbara Vining
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Cradled in God’s love
Lois Degler