In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

Who is at the helm?

Once while on certain maneuvers in the Royal Navy, I was asked to take the wheel of the ship.

Pure motives: essential to healing

There was that question again! Every Sunday I heard it from the platform of the local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I attended: "Would you like to join our church?

How do you see yourself?

Do you see yourself as a typical product of your particular environment and times or as an individual making your own special contribution to them?

"God is able"!

What would happen if we always had that declaration of the Apostle Paul uppermost in our thoughts: "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work"?

Of hems and handkerchiefs

I remember feeling a little puzzled about the woman in the Bible who was cured when she reached for the hem of Christ Jesus' robe.
"Stop looking where it isn't and look where it is!"

Child of God—not a showoff

I was excited about my first sleep-over at Grandma and Grandpa's.

You are not a mouse!

I remember a fable that tells of a mouse made miserable by its fear of cats.

Joy, right where we are

I was speaking with a noted opera singer who has performed all over the world.
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden," Christ Jesus promised us, "and I will give you rest.

We can pray anywhere, anytime!

Prayer in school is the topic of much discussion today.

The second effort

Recently, as I was watching a telecast of a football game, I noticed that the announcer would repeatedly refer to the great second effort the fullback was making.