Editorials

Frowns and flatteries

The subtle mental pull to conform needs to be broken. It can be! And the result is not only freedom but renewed spiritual joy.

Telling the truth

We can all be helped to make truth-telling central in our lives as we turn to God, supreme Truth, for guidance and strength.
Winning the battle and losing the war often seems to be the case in conflicts until we see another approach, one that aims to heal.
Even when we believe prayer can heal, do we sometimes wonder if our prayers can be good enough? Maybe we're laboring under a false sense of what prayer is.
Who doesn't love spiritual vitality wherever it's found? But we may need to do a better job of resisting the suggestion it can't be found in our own church.

Who's doing what

When we're working to accomplish something, do we sometimes forget the most important point of all?

Stranger at the gate

There are some things we can't afford to leave unconsidered, unexplored—waiting unheeded outside the usual boundaries of our lives.

Reflected light

Christ Jesus taught that true and lasting achievement comes from an understanding that we do nothing on our own, for in reality we reflect God's intelligence and love.

To heal the character of nations

To be in the world and not of it makes great demands on spiritual purpose. Yet this was Christ Jesus' mandate.
A superficial look misses the evidence that is crucial to consider.
Christian healing certainly relates to individual human need. But if there is a divine law that underlies such healing, wouldn't it also apply to a planet in need—our common home?

To live fully

Modern multitudes hunger for freedom and justice. Out of such spiritual hunger comes powerful witness to God and our own true nature as His children.