Articles

CHURCH—a city set on a hill

When neighborhood kids arrived at the doorstep of their church, the members put their own needs to the side, invited them in, and offered what they had.
In anticipation of the opening of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity later this year, the Sentinel regularly prints excerpts from the collections of previously unpublished writings.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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It was a beautiful snake

They call it the "17-pace snake." After it bites you, you walk 17 steps and drop dead. But thanks to prayer, the author is still alive—and walking.

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You can harness the power of gratitude to God—and find the healing that goes along with it.
Reprinted from The Herald of Christian Science, German Edition

MERCY on INTERSTATE 5

Sometimes you don't even realize how much God is looking out for you.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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A longtime newspaper journalist explains her conclusion that news focusing only on what's bad is completely out of focus.

Finding hope

ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON a few years ago, inching my way through the magazine racks at one of my favorite bookstores, I spotted a new title: Hope.
How do we assess today's information stew that stimulates both the best and the worst of human nature?

----100 years ago

GATHERING NEWS STORIES with a spiritual perspective week by week, we wondered what kinds of material the Sentinel of 100 years ago carried.

Does straight talk speed us to take needed action or paralyze us with fear?

REDUCING VIOLENCE—BUT HOW?

Erfurt, Germany: After a shooting spree in an Erfurt High School, the German parliament will possibly make a firearms law, passed just last Friday, even stricter.