Editorials

What sustains us

We too easily buy the false bill of goods that man lives in a material universe and is sustained by material conditions.
Most of us recognize the need for discipline in our lives, but we don't always love the kind of demands usually associated with discipline.

The right definition of ourselves

To define ourselves rightly is crucial.
Christian Science healing takes place through the recognition of the presence of God and His perfect spiritual universe and man.
We have witnessed in recent years a growing insistence that more honesty and morality be practiced by those who serve the public.

Dealing with mockery

Few people go through life without at some time facing mockery.
The great initiator, the only cause of all that really is, is God, eternal good.
There may be times we need to buckle down, through prayer, and challenge a specific difficulty we have let slide along.
One can be safe in any place or human situation if one's thought is maintained at a level of certainty that God, good, is the only power and presence, as Christian Science declares, and that one is forever secure in the atmosphere of infinite Love.

Smoothing out our progress

As a youngster, I drove a tractor on my grandfather's farm.

Over the hill...

When that phrase is used literally in the context of a crosscountry vacation trip, it conjures up a vision of something good.
In courts of law petty larceny and grand theft are regarded differently.