Twice a year, the week before the Annual Meeting in June and early in November, a meeting of The Christian Science Board of Directors is held for the purpose of electing applicants to membership with The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts.
The medical column of one magazine records this observation: "Burying a dead cat at midnight can cure warts as effectively as medical treatment, a dermatologist says. Or you might rub the wart with grasshopper spit. Whatever the treatment, the crucial ingredient is faith that it will work, according to Dr. Jerome Z. Litt, assistant professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland."Reader's Digest, May 1977, p. 35;
Many people feel that an old American Indian prayer makes a useful point—one that will bless those who practice its message: "Great Spirit, grant that I might not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins.
Light glancing across a weathered shutter or an ancient wall; a winter sunset; the color-explosion of neon lights coming on at dusk in a modern city; the form of a dry twig; the style of a pair of shoes; a witty response that relieves a gloomy remark; an intriguingly wrapped gift; the subtle colors of faded cloth; rain washing grime from a window.
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, we are told, shepherds were inspired by a heavenly messenger to perceive that the event was of vital importance to all the world.
