In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

From The Christian Century, August 28–September 24, 1985

Lacking something ...?

If we feel our prayers aren't answered, maybe we need to look more closely at what we are asking God for.
My father sometimes gauged the world's progress by his own family's changing methods of crossing the Missouri River.
Study, prayer, living the Christ-spirit — some of the demands of spiritual growth. Our desire and our capacity to rise to these demands come from divine Love.

How can I listen?

In the middle of a battle with illness, the author comes to the conclusion that what she really wants is to find God. Her search ends with healing.
A psalm tells us, "Be still." And Christ Jesus says, "Enter into thy closet." What is so important about this inner quiet, this single-minded attentiveness to Spirit?
From The Christian Ministry, November 1986

What has to change?

Theories of how to bring about change in relationships and in society are common enough. But this writer raises some questions in regard to our assumptions concerning change itself.
The policeman at our front door said that our neighbor's house had been ransacked.

Joy—it's yours!

The joy that God gives lasts. Nothing and no one can ever take it from us.

Morning choices

The beginning of a new day is often a time for priority setting. Where are love for God, Spirit, and love for humanity in our priorities today?

Loving God supremely

What we spend the most thought and time on, what we are most concerned about, comes the closest to being our "god." Shouldn't we be sure that we are worshiping the true God, divine Love?