In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

The light of Christmastide

One winter when I was living in Eastern Europe, I had gone to a mountain resort for skiing.

The gift of gifts

How vividly the memory of treasured gifts stays with us.
"Joy to the world," we sing.

The daystar and peace

The discussions of the military defense system called "star wars" have caused me to think more deeply about the meaning of a particular star—the star associated with the Prince of Peace.

Arms filled with love

Christmas was always my favorite holiday.
Does joy sometimes seem to elude you?

What a gift: God's grace

Genesis tells of a traveler who stopped at a well outside a city in Mesopotamia.
The story of Daniel in the Old Testament tells of tangled factors leading to the sentence that he be thrown into a lions' den.

Moses and the saving Christ

Perhaps it was Shiphrah and Puah, the Hebrew midwives, who first broke the news that Pharaoh had ordered that all sons newly born to Hebrew mothers be killed at birth by the midwives.
A giant road grader.
One reason people respond so strongly to the parables of Christ Jesus is that they always are framed in terms of believable human circumstances.

Do you love the Messiah?

For unto us a child is born.