Editorials

Express regret for having made a mistake, and a friend may remind you that everyone makes mistakes.

Joys of the simple life—now

"Don't waste your money on those books!" the bookstore owner said.
Someone holds a door open for you.
When it came time to conduct major science projects in school, most of us students appreciated being able to work together in groups.

How can we care enough?

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.
It's encouraging to know that maintaining control over one's own thoughts and actions can serve to protect one from harm.
"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?
"Tell me a story, Uncle Frank!" six-year-old Hannah said.
It's clear that in recent years, there has been a remarkable opening of human thought—a growing willingness to consider new ideas.
Many of the articles, features, and testimonies in this week's Sentinel touch on a subject vital to anyone who is looking for a way to be healed.
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.