In the Christian Science Bible Lesson

I pray for Columbia

WHEN I HEAR FROM MY FAMILY or other people about things that are causing trouble in Colombia, I pray.

The promising thing is that people are looking for answers . . . for the higher laws of happiness.

My beloved Indonesia

Endless poverty is not God's will for His creation, because He is the Giver of life, not want.

Going home to India

Where are you from ?
Praying with the world Six contributors explain how they are seeking spiritual solutions to their countries' problems.

---- 100 years ago

Gathering News Stories with a spiritual perspective week by week, we wondered what kinds of material the Sentinel of 100 years ago carried.

Designed to be unselfish

One of the keys to good relationships is the willingness to be unselfish.
Here is a great example of how we benefit and learn from the wonderful structures and variety of God's creation—an image I took in the glass covered atrium of a new upscale resort, not far from where I live in Florida.

Inspiration from a spelling bee

A look at how to harvest the fruits of foresight.
For decades, I battled with my weight.
"If God bothers to feed the little birds, or if He bothers to clothe the flowers in the field, which live only for a couple of weeks and then are gone, will He not feed and clothe you—a human being, made in His likeness and possessing a life span of eternity?

The paradox of control: GIVE it up to GAIN it

For so many people, food is a source of satisfaction and comfort—to a harmful extent. Here's proof that it's possible to take back control without feeling deprived.