'ALL BECAUSE OF A SHARED SENTINEL'

Many years ago a neighbor moved back to Tisdale, a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada. during World War II, and had the courage to offer me a Sentinel. As a young adult at that time I was not seeking a physical healing, but after reading the Sentinel for about six months, I began to see how spiritual healings came about; and the guidance I was getting along the way took me to increasingly better employment and interesting locations.

I became a member of The Mother Church in Boston and various branch churches—all because of a shared Sentinel. "Millions of unprejudiced minds—simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in the desert—are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Give them a cup of cold water in Christ's name, and never fear the consequences" (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 570).

My sincere gratitude to the Sentinel and all the writers who generously share their uplifting thoughts and experiences.

HAZEL C. CROSS
TISDALE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

NATURAL TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY

I wanted you to know that the Sentinel on "Unconditional love" (April 12) touched my heart in a wonderful way, and more than one article brought tears to my eyes—tears of joy and gratitude. I was particularly moved by the articles, "Living Love" by David Kennedy, "Love made perfect" by Shirley Paulson, and "Love—no strings attached" by Dorothy Estes. I would like to thank them for those beautiful articles.

After reading those articles, which assured us that loving unconditionally was natural to us as the sons and daughters of God, I felt encouraged, empowered, and motivated to make more effort to love more unconditionally myself, and I am feeling great joy and uplift in actually doing so, finding, rejoicingly, that it is indeed natural.

I would add that my wife and I were delighted in that same issue to find a reference to legendary British crime writer Agatha Christie. In his article "Engaging with Mary Baker Eddy," Kim Shippey mentions biographer Gillian Gill as also having written biographies of Agatha Christie, Florence Nightingale, and Queen Victoria, stating that all four women "faced similar challenges as women of unusual power and influence." He examines Gill's exploration of those challenges and how all four women dealt with them, and we found that most interesting and inspirational.

ANDREW WILSON
MORECAMBE, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND

TOGETHER, WE ENTER HEAVEN

Anthony Whitehouse's article "Loving the 'outsider': getting beyond prejudice" in the April 19 Sentinel, brings up something that we should be very much aware of. He writes, "Some even appear to enjoy their prejudices because these views give them a sense of superiority over a particular class or race."

Let us each consider where our own thinking lies, and rejoice that we can and will enter the kingdom of heaven together.

LINNY BEE
BOULDER CITY, NEVADA, US

HARD TO PICK A FAVORITE

Thanks so much for the May 3 Sentinel, "Restoring the lost years." What an invigorating, enlightening issue! It's hard to pick a favorite in this restoration/renewal issue because each piece is so uniquely informative.

However, the editorial, "Genetics and 'the science of real being'," is particularly timely. I will be sharing it with many friends, acquaintances, and family!

Its explanation of why mankind can understand who and why he is, is wonderfully explained and corroborated by the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health. I love its emphasis and rationale on mankind being not a temporal material item, but an "endowed" work of God. Such a blessing—and such a conclusive, clearly understandable explanation of real being.

SUSAN S. COLLINS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US