In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

POSITIVE PRESS

From The Rockford Institute/New York: The Center on Religion & Society

"The pursuit of happiness"

Sometimes in the race for all the things that are supposed to bring happiness, we feel empty. Shouldn't we be pursuing something more lasting—like spiritual joy?
From The Boston Globe, April 2, 1986
Christians, of course, acknowledge that Will [of God] and [His] Kingdom as the greatest of all realities every time they say the Lord's Prayer; that is, if they really grasp its tremendous implications, and really mean what they say.

Does God talk to us?

Even with all the information gathering we do in our jobs, we need to consider what the ear doesn't hear but the pure heart does.

Rising above heartless words

What does it take to return blessing for cursing, to love as Christ Jesus told us to love?

True strength: physical or spiritual?

Cycling, backpacking, climbing — the writer has done them all. But he found the real nature of strength, and healing, only when he began to learn more of God as Spirit.
There is a larger world calling for our love. As we see what it means to be always in God's kingdom, we are ready to answer that call.

Ever wish for a rich uncle?

When economic times are rough, it is tempting to look for shortcuts to get what we need. Wouldn't it be better to look to God, who is the source of infinite good?

Freedom from chance

Some people are beginning to question the moral costs of public lotteries and games of chance. This author explores the spiritual rewards of challenging any tendency to pin our hopes on luck.

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God"

Have you ever had an argument with your dad?

Keep going!

A flying lesson in a mountainous area provides the writer with an analogy for the spiritual healing of sickness, grief, injustice, and other turbulences in daily life.