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Finding freedom from character flaws
If you’ve ever struggled with a bad character trait, you know that it can be a beast. Shakespeare called jealousy, for example, a green-eyed monster, and I was its unhappy prisoner until Christian Science released me.
It can take work to stop believing that a character flaw is baked into who we are. Greed, envy, hatred, and pride are so prevalent in people and nations that we call them human nature. But is evil really our nature? What about the generosity of neighbor helping neighbor, the sacrifices people make for a cause, the decisions that guide individuals or nations to do the right thing? Actions such as these point to an underlying motivating goodness. As explained in Christian Science, this powerful good is God, the Soul of all that really exists.

October 11, 2021 issue
View IssueEditorial
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Finding freedom from character flaws
Susan Stark
Keeping Watch
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Expect God’s goodness . . . immediately!
Carol Coykendall Raner
Image and Inspiration
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Image and Inspiration
Steve Ryf
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Who are our friends?
James Rosebush
TURNING POINTS IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH
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My experience with the Holy Spirit
Barrie Blankenship Paulson
Teens
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How can I stop feeling like a nobody?
Jan Keeler Vincent
Healings
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Back trouble quickly healed
Martin Vesely
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Concerns resolved through putting God first
Name Withheld
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Handyman’s complete recovery after fall
John Van Patten
BIBLE LENS
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Doctrine of Atonement
October 11–17, 2021
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Letters & Conversations
Liz Pyatt