In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

A sure refuge from storms

Disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, and earthquakes devastate areas around the globe in spite of the use of sophisticated surveillance devices to detect impending dangers, and precautionary measures such as early evacuation.
Those of us who have been blessed by the Christ, Truth— healed and redeemed by it—have one overriding desire: to share the saving Christ message with all mankind.

Pray? Why bother?

Why bother to pray?
On holiday in Italy, Marion and her father, mother, brother, and sister were waiting to go up the mountain in a chairlift that would climb three thousand feet to the top.

SECOND THOUGHT

From The Times, London, October 17, 1983 by Clifford Longley, Religious Affairs Correspondent
"Have a good day!" That is an expression heard frequently, especially in stores, shops, banks, and the like.

Abundance in daily life

The desire for an abundant life is a natural one, since abundance implies expansion, growth, provision—and for the spiritally-minded, extended opportunities to serve and bless mankind.
For the second night in a row something flashed before my eyes as I sat reading in my mountain cabin.

Stay with it—spiritually

He was very discouraged—lonely, half a world away from home, in a primitive country, separated from a family who needed him as Dad.
One feather resting on a steel axle will bend it, however slightly, physicists tell us.

SECOND THOUGHT

From The Spiritual Nature of Man by Alister Hardy [Emeritus Professor of Zoology, Oxford; founder of Religious Experience Research Unit, Oxford].
As a young woman I decided to read the New Testament straight through, from beginning to end.