In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

The power of friendship

Our periodicals are one of the many avenues provided by our Leader, Mrs.

Let's stay alert

I was mesmerized.
Fleas had been making a feast out of my dogs and me.
One day I was walking through a park in a large city when two men coming toward me began arguing heatedly and exchanging blows.

Porters and doormats

When Jesus said, "Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also," Luke 6:29.

"Who can steal from you?"

During exams in my senior year of college I was ignoring most people and situations, devoting all my attention to schoolwork.

Don't be handled by error!

Who of us hasn't felt handled—or taken in—by wrong thinking at one time or another?

Maintaining a good "build"

Instructing his helpers on the basics of building with fieldstone, an experienced stonemason always stressed this point: "Don't spend time hunting for a stone of ideal size and shape.
A weight problem is often a question of dominion over false appetite.
Illness, bodily malfunctions, and many diseases called incurable may be rooted in a deep and abiding sense of guilt.

Release from self-condemnation

Do you ever mentally chastise yourself for some human failing that you might readily forgive in others?
"I'm not good enough," "I always get things wrong," "I'm never going to succeed.