Editor's note: In recent months, members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, have been looking more deeply at the question of the genuine evangelical mission of the Church and of individual Christian Scientists.
This time I found I was bringing to marriage a more conscious sense of having something to give—qualities such as joy and love. I was not trying to fill a void or to get something out of the marriage.
Without honesty, all the skills and degrees that would be of great value to a business would be undermined. It would be like having termites in the basement! The house would stand for a while but would crumble eventually.
