In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

A petition to Principle

ROBERT C. PEACOCK

Newcomers to Christian Science soon realize that prayer can be more than the traditional plea to God for help.

SARA SANFORD DALY

My eight-year-old son had fallen from a fast-moving bicycle, hit a tree, and seriously wounded his head.

ELIZABETH BICE LUERSSEN

Apathy is not the answer to the aggressive challenge of pornography, incest, rape, and other forms of sexual abuse.

BETTY JANE CAMPBELL

Seeing need not be believing.

with contributions from ALLISON W. PHINNEY, IAN GUNN

In the Preface of the Christian Science textbook, Mrs.

Nancy H. Kreutzer

Bill liked school and he liked sports.

Beverly Ann Hawley

When Greg came to baby-sit with Sarah and her brother Neil, he brought with him his latest magic act.

Hard times—even those times when respect for law itself is called into question—can serve as a launching pad for spiritually impelled advances.

KATHRYN H. BRESLAUER

Most of us at some time have talked with a person whose attention wandered.

VIRGINIA F. KUEMMIN

We were sawing wood but weren't doing a very good job.

PERSIS E. ZUBER

When we see an invalid, do we allow pity, fear, or a desire to escape to fill our thought?

ELIZABETH GLASS BARLOW

Health and healing greatly concern the world today.