For several years I had taken voice lessons and sung in choruses, progressing to the point of being able to sing increasingly challenging music in more demanding groups.
If the abundance of self-help books, videos, and seminars on the market is any indication, people are intent upon improving themselves. That's a good thing. But the help that's most needed in order to be the best you can be is God's help.
Even though Ben, a goalie on a soccer team, often sat on the bench during games, he worked as hard as he could during practices. That work—along with his prayers—really paid off.
Excerpts From a question-and-answer session with biographer gillian gill Based on extensive research for her biography Mary Baker Eddy, author Dr. Gillian Gill comments on her accomplishments in the context of her life in nineteenth-century America.
Often ignored or rejected by her colleagues in religion, yet so desirous of sharing with the world her understanding of God's laws, Mrs. Eddy began a Church of her own, founded on Christ Jesus' word and works.
A contemporary of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Eddy advocated women's rights. Her larger mission, however, was to bring freedom from the limits of mortality to women and men alike.
Mrs. Eddy's own inscription in a well-worn Bible hints at the distance traveled from her personal quest for healing to her unshakable faith in God's care.
