Editorials

First, the vision

It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.
Most people spend perhaps a third of their lives in a very dark, very confined, very small geographical area—their beds.

Love and politics

For many, Mary Baker Eddy gave a new approach to politics when she answered the question "What are your politics?
Events can be made to serve the overcoming of fear, rather than the building of it.

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.