In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Superstition

Some people explore the occult because they're curious; others hope it will give them greater control over their lives. Whatever its attraction, shouldn't we be asking how darkness could possibly lead to more light?

Letters to the Press

Increasingly, parents, students, and educators are concluding that an essential part of education is learning how to grapple with and understand the issues of our time.

How persistent can we be?

Christian healing has a natural order about it; it is a disciplined effort growing from fundamental laws, the laws of God.
An actor is an instrument.

Butterflies?

What is divine Mind teaching me? That can be a crucial question, no matter what we are trying to learn.

Second Thought

"Justification [for stating untruths to promote a 'worthy' end] would be a way of saying that these statements fall in the category of what Plato called 'the useful lie'.
It might have been easier to meet the young man's anger with anger. But this writer found that what they both needed was the quieting, purifying influence of the Christ.
There are times when the sobering realization comes that perhaps the only difference between a heated argument and war is the number of people involved.

"And that's a fact!"

Most of us like to believe we rely on facts to form our outlook on things. But don't we sometimes overlook the facts that show us God's presence and power?
Love, as the Bible teaches it, is more than a pleasantness among community members. It expresses the power of divine Love, which disarms distrust and brings healing.

In a cabin in the pines

I wasn't that excited about camp the summer when I was ten.

Access denied!

Sometimes our thought is more than an open book—it can seem an open door to all sorts of ills. This author looks at the value of closing that door through the power of God, divine Mind.