When Mary Baker Eddy ordained the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, as the pastor of her Church, she must have glimpsed something of the infinite capacity of these books to speak to—and meet—any spiritual seeker’s needs. And how true that has proven! This week, our authors explore the continued relevance of the Bible and Science and Health in reaching and healing individual hearts, no matter what questions, deep concerns, or trials we bring to these books. Of special note: This issue’s editorial takes you backstage to learn more about the thinking behind the Sentinel’s current Bible content, encouraging us all to engage—or re-engage—with this invaluable “chart of life” (Science and Health, p. 24).
May 11, 2026
“Read in the light of Christian Science, the Bible is a road map to health and holiness—to reality as God made and knows it.” We invite you to learn more about this precious book and what the periodicals are doing to help us find even more inspiration in its pages.
Praying to support her church’s service, this author heard a message from God that shed new light on what a visitor might find inside: “The church service itself is the feast that hungering hearts have been invited to by their Father-Mother God, and we can know that they will leave grateful for the truths they’ve received during the service.”
Even though her dad was a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until this college student needed answers to life’s big questions that the message came to pick up Science and Health for herself.
From the editors
When we feel stuck, thwarted, constrained—what sailors call “in irons”—it’s freeing to know that for any problem we’re facing, there’s always a spiritual solution. Christian Science reveals what it is.
A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE FROM
God, Love, shows us new possibilities for harmony and peace.
Is there more to the Fifth Commandment, “Honour thy father and thy mother” (Exodus 20:12), than respect and obedience? Our guest Jonathon Eder talks with host David Brown about how this commandment has actually taught him more about how to honor God, and how that’s brought healing in his life.
No matter what our regrets, or how intense they may seem, this author’s life proves that they can always be healed.
You are living me in perfect harmony, each day unfolding petals of Your purpose.
Even though her dad was a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until this college student needed answers to life’s big questions that the message came to pick up Science and Health for herself.
“As I make my understanding of God bigger by learning more about Him—and then hold tightly to this bigger and bigger sense of God—it lifts me up, and I feel happy.”
“Read in the light of Christian Science, the Bible is a road map to health and holiness—to reality as God made and knows it.” We invite you to learn more about this precious book and what the periodicals are doing to help us find even more inspiration in its pages.
Praying to support her church’s service, this author heard a message from God that shed new light on what a visitor might find inside: “The church service itself is the feast that hungering hearts have been invited to by their Father-Mother God, and we can know that they will leave grateful for the truths they’ve received during the service.”
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“I realized that there could be nothing in me or outside of me to declare anything unlike God. By the end of the day, I was completely well.”
“I saw that it was my job to behold ‘the perfect man’ in each one of these students—not perfect mortals, but rather perfect children of God. It took effort to do this, but it paid off.”
“It came to me strongly that I needed to be humble, trustful, and grateful to God for the help I was receiving. And once I yielded to this loving expression of God’s care for me, the healing didn’t take long.”
