In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

"My cup runneth over"

As a new student of Christian Science and not quite sure of all the terminology, I bravely made my first visit to a practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal.

The Goliath in the pool

Have you ever met a Goliath?
"Love never loses sight of loveliness.

Waiting is an active verb

Christian Scientists should be doers.
In this age when words and pictures bounce off orbiting satellites, it's tempting to pay more attention to the technique and style of communicating than to the substance.

Help for our planet

In high school I was worried that there would be no birds in the woods and that the trout wouldn't survive in the rivers.

God, language, and us

When it comes to the deeper questions in our lives, we don't want words to get in the way.
"This situation is hopeless!" That's how I felt several years ago when I was appointed headmaster of a once prestigious boarding school that had fallen on hard times.

Nicki helps her mom

Nicki helped her mom learn an important lesson.
From The Washington Post, December 24, 1983
The joy that accompanies a healing in Christian Science is so much more than delight in restored physical normalcy.

Prophesying correctly

Do we realize how often we unwittingly make seemingly innocent remarks that prophesy erroneously, such as: "I.