In the first of two editorials considering the value of the Christian Science
periodicals, Editor Ethel Baker speaks with Associate Editor Tony Lobl.

Tony: As Editor of The Christian Science Journal, the Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science, what’s your sense of their value to the world?

Ethel: Evidence keeps mounting that the Science of Christ is effectual—is humanity’s panacea. Because God is at the helm, the reality of a good God guarantees that there’s an answer to whatever the human family may face. This statement would, of course, be overreaching if we were talking about anything other than following Christ Jesus’ path of knowing God and employing this spiritual understanding in meeting even the greatest of needs. If you read the periodicals consistently over time, you know that somebody, somewhere in the world, has met a challenge similar to one you may be facing and has successfully dealt with it through prayer and their practice of Christian Science. This evidence has been chronicled daily, weekly, and monthly for well over a century.