Editorials

THINKING LESS ABOUT GLOOMY EXPECTATIONS AND MORE ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE FIRST AND ONLY CREATOR, GOD, BRINGS A MENTAL SHIFT THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

THE ONE THING WE ARE SURE OF IS THAT LASTING AND UNIVERSALLY BENEFICIAL CHANGE COMES THROUGH SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.

IT'S EARLY MORNING and C-SPAN is rebroadcasting a congressional hearing from the night before.

IN THE MOMENT WHEN NEWS BREAKS, THERE IS ALL THE TIME NECESSARY TO TURN TO THE ONE PERFECT "LAW OF SPIRIT," WHICH ANNIHILATES THE LEGION OF FALSE, MATERIAL "LAWS" OF MISERY AND MORTALITY.

PRAYER IS GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ALL THE GOOD GOD HAS ALREADY DONE, CONTINUES TO DO, AND CONTINUES TO BE.

WE'RE THE LIKENESS OF SPIRIT. IT'S NOT JUST SOME SMALL PART OF US THAT IS THIS WAY; OUR WHOLE BEING IS, IN FACT, SPIRITUAL.

WE MAY LIVE IN THE INFORMATION AGE, BUT ACCUMULATED DATA DOES NOT OF ITSELF IMPROVE LIVES. THE DAWNING OF SPIRITUAL IDEAS DISCLOSES GOD'S NATURE AND LIFE'S VAST SPIRITUAL RESOURCES.

IT MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE, EVEN LIFE-CHANGING, IF PEOPLE OF FAITH TOOK AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR EACH DAY TO ASK THEMSELVES SOME KEY QUESTIONS.

SCIENTIFIC PRAYER FOR HUMANITY'S PROGRESS INVOLVES TAKING THE UNCOMPROMISING STAND THAT EVIL IN ALL ITS FORMS IS POWERLESS, BECAUSE NOT OF GOD.

EACH PROOF THAT PRAYER HEALS—THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A DIVINE SCIENCE OF HEALING, AND THAT GOD'S LOVE IS UNIVERSAL, ALL-POWERFUL, ALWAYS AVAILABLE—IS A PROTEST.

TRUE WISDOM IS THE ABILITY TO SEE INFORMATION FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE, WHICH THEN HELPS PEOPLE KNOW THE BEST COURSE TO TAKE.

THE HIGHER VIEW THAT MAY BE TAKING HOLD IS THAT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF LIFE AND HARMONY EXIST OUTSIDE AND INDEPENDENT OF MATTER.