With big global issues like climate change, we may find ourselves thoughtfully considering questions such as “What set off life in the first place” and “What determines how it’s all going to go?” We might then look for answers in biological explanations and the state of the elements comprising our environment. Or we could choose to look to something less obvious but more compelling—the higher perspective modeled by Jesus, who showed that a spiritual view of existence has a consistently healing impact. 

Christian Science offers an arresting and helpful explanation of how the spiritual understanding of reality that inspired everything that Jesus did makes sense of our universe by showing that God, infinite Spirit, is both its center and circumference. And with this perspective comes a promise of individual healing and global progress.

According to conventional reasoning, the universe is fundamentally material and dependent on matter, including the element carbon. Biologists and cosmologists talk about carbon as basic to the development of stars, planets, and life on Earth. Carbon is central to the discussion of climate change and related efforts to halt emissions. But what are the actual prospects for managing carbon and engineering a healthy environment and planet?