One
of the requirements of members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, given in the Church Manual reads in part: "It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental suggestion.
In
1983, I was a new reader of the Bible and Science and Health, studying international relations and Latin American history in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In
praying for world peace, I find myself frequently turning to these words of Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you".
With the war in Iraq
intensifying and global tensions increasing as we prepared this issue, our staff recognized the need for a heightened state of prayer.
Amid threats of new and dangerous forms of disease comes the assurance that God has given each of us power over contagion and the fear associated with it.
