With the constant stream of news about stock prices, interest rates, and economic forecasts, our daily lives can feel increasingly intertwined with the fluctuations of financial markets. And sometimes, this information paints an aggressive and fearful picture. I’ve learned that it’s so important to have a firm, spiritual foundation for our thinking. Students of Christian Science have the metaphysical tools to look past shaky forecasts and find our peace and security in God, unchanging divine Principle.

The Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy provide a complete framework for this. Interestingly, I have found that some of the very concepts that have guided my own spiritual progress are echoed in the discipline of sound, long-term investing. By valuing the foundation of unchanging Principle, we can spiritualize our thinking about finances and the world.

Christian Science is not a passive belief system; it involves a daily, disciplined practice of spiritual study, prayer, and the demonstration of Truth, God. Mrs. Eddy says in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900, “The song of Christian Science is, ‘Work—work—work—watch and pray’ ” (p. 2). This foundational work enables us to be consistently conscious of Truth, which is requisite for spiritual growth.