Over
the past couple of decades, as more people have given attention to environmental concerns, there has been a growing recognition of the value of stewardship.
"Quietly,
without a trace of fanaticism, making their remarkable statements with a simplicity which sprang from the conviction that they would be believed, scores of Christian Scientists told of cures from diseases, physical and mental, at the testimony meetings that marked the close of their visit to Boston; cures that carried one back to the age of miracles.
Who
of us has not gotten caught up in petty gossip about someone else, or had the discomforting experience of learning what others are saying about us when we're not around?
The
Sunday following the earthquake in Kobe, Japan, one of the visitors to our Christian Science church service told me of her hesitation in praying because she was unsure whether her prayers would actually help or would merely serve to soothe her own conscience.