Editorial April 7, 2025 Issue

Seeing what we know to be true

Eric Nelson

A well-known philosopher was fond of using the term sunsight instead of sunrise in order to be clear that it’s not that the sun comes up but that the rotation of the earth brings it into view. Even so, as easy as this may be to process in our head, it may not be so easy to see with our eyes.

The same might sometimes be said about our practice of Christian Science. Although we may admit to being spiritual, made in the image and likeness of God, divine Spirit, the evidence of our living out a largely matter-based existence, with all its discord and disease, can seem pretty overwhelming.

“I know I’m spiritual,” we might say when praying our way through a challenge. “I’m just not seeing it.”

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