Web Originals

Not a pendulum

Feeling pushed and pulled back and forth is temptation—the temptation to believe that there is more than one God, more than one Mind guiding, influencing, or controlling me and others.

Today’s raindrops

Isn’t it funny how 
today’s raindrops 
pitter-pattering 
against my window 
wash away all remembrance 
of yesterday’s 
sunshine? …
We don’t get what we need from anywhere but divine Love, God. The law of Love allows us to be grateful and generous, without losing anything.
This teen author discovered more about the true source of strength and stamina when he looked for help in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
This author was loving CIT summer, but she wasn’t loving all the late night chatting going on in her cabin. Her impatience continued to grow until a hymn from the Christian Science Hymnal gave her a new perspective.

Unlimited good

If I pray,
   “Dear God, I must
   see evil fall!” 
do I really see
   that God is All? …

Letting go of selfishness

We never lose anything by releasing a focus on self for a greater interest in the qualities that God has given to each of us to fearlessly express.
Working as a wrangler in the corral at camp should have been the perfect way to spend the summer … until this author didn’t feel well. But instead of getting discouraged, she took it as an opportunity to learn more about healing.
The concept of loving our neighbor seems so simple but sometimes doesn’t feel that way.

Unless you bless me

In nameless place 
a mortal slept and 
dreamt in dust of 
angel thoughts and 
ladders dropping to 
his pillowed stone …

What is not going to change

We were struggling to get our bearings after my then-fiancé was laid off when a friend warmly encouraged us, “Instead of worrying about what’s going to change, think instead about what’s not going to change.” 

Discern divine presence

The divine presence is found 
in your oneness with God. 
This spiritual power 
imparts goodwill to others 
and promotes …