Editorials

Watching thought, not matter

"Everything is as real as you make it, and no more so.
When New Year's Day points to the beginning of a new decade or a new century, we are challenged to stretch our vision further than usual.

The timeless and the timely

Readers of our periodicals and regular students of the Bible Lesson found in the Christian Science Quarterly quite frequently remark how timely a particular article or statement is.
Christians throughout the world are reminded annually that shepherds and wise men went to Bethlehem to find the Messiah—the one so long foretold to be king of the Hebrew nation.

Preparing for the day's work

The best way to prepare for anything is to prepare mentally and spiritually.

The chain of being

In many ways life may seem to be a kind of chain.

You, wanted and needed now

Unemployment, divorce and lack of direction, bleak retirement—you don't have to accept such conditions as sad facts of life.
The quickness with which we heal may well depend on how clearly we understand that evil is a suggestion rather than a fact.

Protecting privacy

"Guarding the right to be let alone": a magazine headline points to a threat becoming more and more defined.
Widely publicized efforts in diplomatic circles to improve relations between world powers may nudge some people to recognize that they, also, might work to the same purpose in their own individual lives.
Moses didn't hedge when the time came to spell out rules of behavior for his people.
Never a day away from work because of ill health in twenty years! Probably there are many people able to claim such a good record.