Editorial September 30, 2019 Issue

A profound and provable reason for hope

As the editorial for this special edition of the Sentinel, we asked four fresh thinkers—Amanda Kiser, Christian Kongolo, Josh Kenworthy, and Madeline Demaree—“What does Christian Science have to say to the world?” A theme of the basis Christian Science gives us for hope emerged. We hope you are as inspired by their answers as we were recording them.

Josh: What I feel Christian Science says to the world is that those deeply ingrained problems that seem so insurmountable are surmountable. The current climate—politically, socially, and even literally—is pretty hot. And the human tendency when problems seem overwhelming, and when there seems to be so much static in the mental atmosphere, is to retreat to some very niche kind of ism, or to turn to particular human avenues for doing good. Most of the latter are valuable. But at times when I’ve felt overwhelmed by what’s going on in the world, I’ve found Christian Science goes to a depth of mental action that gives me a whole new foundation. It allows me to still my thought and find spiritual peace. And out of that peace grows a profound sense of hope that material means and modes don’t offer.

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