Winning a battle isn't necessarily the same thing as securing lasting peace. Christ Jesus saw his followers as being peacemakers —a first-century term very much needed in the twentieth.
Sometimes children are thought of as immature and helpless. Yet that isn't how Christ Jesus viewed them. Maybe we have something more to learn—that children can help teach us.
"Do unto others ..."—the Golden Rule—seems as if we're talking about what we're going to do to others. But think about what it's like to be on the receiving end of the rule.
If we're committed to working hard for a cause, education and instruction on that subject are vitally needed. Christian Science class instruction gives this kind of practical help.
When we look at the nightly news, do we feel there is little we can do about it? We can all pray for a better world—a world that more nearly reflects God's kingdom.
Before we decide that God can't help, maybe we should think again. It may be that we've put limits on God, which aren't there. A true understanding of God's nature is powerful. It can heal.
