Editorial October 21, 2024 Issue

The value of deep roots

Robin Hoagland

Even young children learn to draw trees: maybe some lacy swirls of green at the top for leaves, a thick brown trunk, and upside-down triangles at the bottom for the essential roots. Stenciling one of these early pictures of mine, my mother turned it into a needlepoint pillow that graced our living room couch for decades. I’m sure the tree itself lasted much longer than that.

In a poem celebrating a majestic oak on a mountaintop, Mary Baker Eddy —who discovered the practical, healing Science of Christianity—recognized the enduring spiritual message of the tree:

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