In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

To let God's guidance take charge in our lives is to find practical safety that nothing else can give.
Over the last twenty years or so, many people in the United States and in other countries have been actively working to achieve equality of opportunity for men and women and for all races.
Learning more of our relationship to God doesn't just give us comfort; it shows us that our real nature is spiritual, the image of our Maker.

SECOND THOUGHT

"Shongweni, South Africa—This dirt-poor Zulu community sits at one end of the Valley of a Thousand Hills, as tradition praises the undulating green countryside.
Loving our neighbor isn't simply a lofty ideal. Putting the ideal into practice, as this author found, leads to healing in neighborhoods.

Challenging our becauses

One of the most asked questions is the question "why?" But to get down to the real cause of something takes more than questioning. It takes spiritual vision.
The Lord's Prayer gives us vital information about the basis for parenting. It begins with the profound fact that God is the one true Parent, the source of our identity and of the child's.

SECOND THOUGHT

"A Tutor's Tutor Gives and Gives But Never Takes" by Michael Winerip
No matter how happy our childhood, there are probably times when all of us have felt cut off and alone. This young woman's experience points to a link to love that cannot be broken.
It's natural to care deeply about community.
Reaching out to divine Love—even if we feel we've failed—leads us to see the higher law at work in our lives.
A successful backpack trip through a wilderness area represented a modest triumph for this writer, but her spiritual breakthroughs were the real victory.