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Christian Science Sentinel—Audio Chat Replay
“Taking a moral stance”—that’s how the Monitor editorial on the facing page describes the move by the United States to designate as genocide specific actions by the Islamic State.

The moral action in naming genocide 

Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration declared on March 17 that the Islamic State has committed genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yazidis, Christians, and Shiite Muslims.
Daddy was helping me do a gymnastics move called a back hip circle on my bars in the playroom when I crashed into a picture.
Christianity was always a part of my life, and growing up in our family church, I felt a deep, personal relationship to God.

A consciousness filled with light 

Given the fast pace of our daily lives, it might seem almost impossible to take a break.

Whom should I vote for? 

I was thinking back to the first time I had the opportunity to vote in a presidential election.

Conversation in a taxi 

I felt a genuine desire to bring every moment under the direction of God.

Engaged in praying for the world 

I love these words from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal: 
Christian Science Sentinel—Audio Podcast

What church can do 

The power of Christ, which church helps us experience, changed me in that moment. 

Don’t take it personally 

Problems always try to masquerade as “ours,” but that’s a fiction. The fact is that each of us is actually a pure and loved idea in Mind, and recognizing this fact allows healing to happen.